#C8A5E2#C8A5E2

#C8A5E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.093 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5E2
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 24.05, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 35.39, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0602 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.093 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9996, 44.6811, 77.8744)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5E2 #BFE2A5

analogous

#AAA5E2 #C8A5E2 #E2A5DE

triadic

#C8A5E2 #E2C8A5 #A5E2C8

tetradic

#C8A5E2 #E2AAA5 #BFE2A5 #A5DEE2

square

#C8A5E2 #E2AAA5 #BFE2A5 #A5DEE2

split-complementary

#C8A5E2 #DEE2A5 #A5E2AA

monochromatic

#8F48C4 #AC77D3 #C8A5E2 #E4D3F1 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5E2

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5E2	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.093 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0eb',
    500: '#c8a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5e2;
$custom-light: #d9c0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.426,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77388,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BF2768

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5E2

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

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