#C8A5EF#C8A5EF

#C8A5EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.109 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5EF
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 26.81, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 41.97, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0637 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.109 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8515, 45.4219, 87.6276)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5EF #CCEFA5

analogous

#A5A7EF #C8A5EF #EDA5EF

triadic

#C8A5EF #EFC8A5 #A5EFC8

tetradic

#C8A5EF #EFA5A7 #CCEFA5 #A5EFED

square

#C8A5EF #EFA5A7 #CCEFA5 #A5EFED

split-complementary

#C8A5EF #EFEDA5 #A7EFA5

monochromatic

#883DDD #A871E6 #C8A5EF #E8D9F8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5EF

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5EF	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.109 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f4',
    500: '#c8a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ef;
$custom-light: #d9c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.378,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77922,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5EF

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21478

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5EF

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

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