#C8A5DD#C8A5DD

#C8A5DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.087 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DD
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 23.02, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 32.90, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0587 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.087 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3235, 44.4107, 74.3137)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DD #BADDA5

analogous

#ACA5DD #C8A5DD #DDA5D6

triadic

#C8A5DD #DDC8A5 #A5DDC8

tetradic

#C8A5DD #DDACA5 #BADDA5 #A5D6DD

square

#C8A5DD #DDACA5 #BADDA5 #A5D6DD

split-complementary

#C8A5DD #D6DDA5 #A5DDAC

monochromatic

#924CBB #AD79CC #C8A5DD #E3D1EE #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.087 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e7',
    500: '#c8a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5dd;
$custom-light: #d9c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B82D61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DD

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

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