#C8A5EC#C8A5EC

#C8A5EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.106 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5EC
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 26.16, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 40.44, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0629 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.106 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4120, 45.2461, 85.3128)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5EC #C9ECA5

analogous

#A5A5EC #C8A5EC #EBA5EC

triadic

#C8A5EC #ECC8A5 #A5ECC8

tetradic

#C8A5EC #ECA5A5 #C9ECA5 #A5ECEB

square

#C8A5EC #ECA5A5 #C9ECA5 #A5ECEB

split-complementary

#C8A5EC #ECEBA5 #A5ECA5

monochromatic

#8A40D7 #A972E1 #C8A5EC #E7D8F7 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C8A5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5EC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5EC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.106 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f2',
    500: '#c8a5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ec;
$custom-light: #d9c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CD1974

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5EC

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

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