#C8A5DB#C8A5DB

#C8A5DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.084 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DB
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 22.61, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 31.91, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0581 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.084 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0587, 44.3047, 72.9187)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DB #B8DBA5

analogous

#ADA5DB #C8A5DB #DBA5D3

triadic

#C8A5DB #DBC8A5 #A5DBC8

tetradic

#C8A5DB #DBADA5 #B8DBA5 #A5D3DB

square

#C8A5DB #DBADA5 #B8DBA5 #A5D3DB

split-complementary

#C8A5DB #D3DBA5 #A5DBAD

monochromatic

#934EB8 #AD79CA #C8A5DB #E3D1EC #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8A5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.084 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e6',
    500: '#c8a5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5db;
$custom-light: #d9c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77114,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DB

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B6305F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DB

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

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