#C8A5E4#C8A5E4

#C8A5E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.095 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5E4
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 24.47, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 36.39, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0608 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.095 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2757, 44.7915, 79.3281)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5E4 #C1E4A5

analogous

#A9A5E4 #C8A5E4 #E4A5E1

triadic

#C8A5E4 #E4C8A5 #A5E4C8

tetradic

#C8A5E4 #E4A9A5 #C1E4A5 #A5E1E4

square

#C8A5E4 #E4A9A5 #C1E4A5 #A5E1E4

split-complementary

#C8A5E4 #E1E4A5 #A5E4A9

monochromatic

#8E47C8 #AB76D6 #C8A5E4 #E5D4F2 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8A5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5E4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5E4	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.095 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0ec',
    500: '#c8a5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5e4;
$custom-light: #d9c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77468,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5E4

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C1246A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5E4

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

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