#C8A5EE#C8A5EE

#C8A5EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5EE
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 26.59, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 41.46, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0635 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.108 306)
XYZ	xyz(52.7042, 45.3629, 86.8517)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5EE #CBEEA5

analogous

#A5A7EE #C8A5EE #EDA5EE

triadic

#C8A5EE #EEC8A5 #A5EEC8

tetradic

#C8A5EE #EEA5A7 #CBEEA5 #A5EEED

square

#C8A5EE #EEA5A7 #CBEEA5 #A5EEED

split-complementary

#C8A5EE #EEEDA5 #A7EEA5

monochromatic

#893EDB #A972E4 #C8A5EE #E7D8F8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5EE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5EE	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f3',
    500: '#c8a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ee;
$custom-light: #d9c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.45363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5EE

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D01577

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5EE

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

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