#C8A5DC#C8A5DC

#C8A5DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.086 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DC
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 22.82, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 32.40, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0584 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.086 313)
XYZ	xyz(50.1907, 44.3576, 73.6141)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DC #B9DCA5

analogous

#ACA5DC #C8A5DC #DCA5D4

triadic

#C8A5DC #DCC8A5 #A5DCC8

tetradic

#C8A5DC #DCACA5 #B9DCA5 #A5D4DC

square

#C8A5DC #DCACA5 #B9DCA5 #A5D4DC

split-complementary

#C8A5DC #D4DCA5 #A5DCAC

monochromatic

#924DBA #AD79CB #C8A5DC #E3D1ED #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C8A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.086 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e7',
    500: '#c8a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5dc;
$custom-light: #d9c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.44357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DC

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B72E60

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DC

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

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