#C8A5DE#C8A5DE

#C8A5DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.088 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DE
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 23.23, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 33.39, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.059 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.088 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4572, 44.4641, 75.0174)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DE #BBDEA5

analogous

#ABA5DE #C8A5DE #DEA5D7

triadic

#C8A5DE #DEC8A5 #A5DEC8

tetradic

#C8A5DE #DEABA5 #BBDEA5 #A5D7DE

square

#C8A5DE #DEABA5 #BBDEA5 #A5D7DE

split-complementary

#C8A5DE #D7DEA5 #A5DEAB

monochromatic

#914BBD #AD78CE #C8A5DE #E3D2EE #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8A5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.088 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e8',
    500: '#c8a5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5de;
$custom-light: #d9c0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DE

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BA2C63

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DE

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

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