#C8A5ED#C8A5ED

#C8A5ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.107 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5ED
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 26.38, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 40.95, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0632 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.107 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5577, 45.3043, 86.0801)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5ED #CAEDA5

analogous

#A5A6ED #C8A5ED #ECA5ED

triadic

#C8A5ED #EDC8A5 #A5EDC8

tetradic

#C8A5ED #EDA5A6 #CAEDA5 #A5EDEC

square

#C8A5ED #EDA5A6 #CAEDA5 #A5EDEC

split-complementary

#C8A5ED #EDECA5 #A6EDA5

monochromatic

#8A3FD9 #A972E3 #C8A5ED #E7D8F7 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8A5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5ED

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5ED	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.107 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f3',
    500: '#c8a5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ed;
$custom-light: #d9c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5ED

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CF1775

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5ED

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

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