#C8A5EA#C8A5EA

#C8A5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.103 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5EA
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 25.74, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 39.43, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0624 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.103 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1230, 45.1305, 83.7911)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5EA #C7EAA5

analogous

#A5A5EA #C8A5EA #EAA5E9

triadic

#C8A5EA #EAC8A5 #A5EAC8

tetradic

#C8A5EA #EAA5A5 #C7EAA5 #A5E9EA

square

#C8A5EA #EAA5A5 #C7EAA5 #A5E9EA

split-complementary

#C8A5EA #E9EAA5 #A5EAA5

monochromatic

#8B42D3 #AA73DE #C8A5EA #E6D7F6 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5EA

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5EA	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.103 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f1',
    500: '#c8a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ea;
$custom-light: #d9c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77713,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5EA

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CA1C71

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5EA

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

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