#C8A5DF#C8A5DF

#C8A5DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.089 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5DF
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 23.43, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 33.89, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0593 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.089 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5916, 44.5179, 75.7254)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5DF #BCDFA5

analogous

#ABA5DF #C8A5DF #DFA5D9

triadic

#C8A5DF #DFC8A5 #A5DFC8

tetradic

#C8A5DF #DFABA5 #BCDFA5 #A5D9DF

square

#C8A5DF #DFABA5 #BCDFA5 #A5D9DF

split-complementary

#C8A5DF #D9DFA5 #A5DFAB

monochromatic

#914BBF #AC78CF #C8A5DF #E4D2EF #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8A5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5DF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5DF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.089 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e9',
    500: '#c8a5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5df;
$custom-light: #d9c0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77269,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5DF

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BB2B64

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5DF

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

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