#C8A5DA#C8A5DA

#C8A5DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.083 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DA
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 22.41, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 31.42, 315.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0578 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.083 314)
XYZ	xyz(49.9274, 44.2522, 72.2274)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DA #B7DAA5

analogous

#AEA5DA #C8A5DA #DAA5D1

triadic

#C8A5DA #DAC8A5 #A5DAC8

tetradic

#C8A5DA #DAAEA5 #B7DAA5 #A5D1DA

square

#C8A5DA #DAAEA5 #B7DAA5 #A5D1DA

split-complementary

#C8A5DA #D1DAA5 #A5DAAE

monochromatic

#934EB6 #AD7AC8 #C8A5DA #E3D0EC #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.083 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e5',
    500: '#c8a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5da;
$custom-light: #d9c0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.44252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DA

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B5315E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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