#C8A5EB#C8A5EB

#C8A5EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.104 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5EB
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 25.95, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 39.93, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0627 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.104 307)
XYZ	xyz(52.2671, 45.1881, 84.5498)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5EB #C8EBA5

analogous

#A5A5EB #C8A5EB #EBA5EB

triadic

#C8A5EB #EBC8A5 #A5EBC8

tetradic

#C8A5EB #EBA5A5 #C8EBA5 #A5EBEB

square

#C8A5EB #EBA5A5 #C8EBA5 #A5EBEB

split-complementary

#C8A5EB #EBEBA5 #A5EBA5

monochromatic

#8B41D5 #A973E0 #C8A5EB #E7D7F6 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5EB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5EB	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.104 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f1',
    500: '#c8a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5eb;
$custom-light: #d9c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77754,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.45188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5EB

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CB1A73

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5EB

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

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