#C8A5F0#C8A5F0

#C8A5F0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.111 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5F0
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 240)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 27.03, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 42.48, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.064 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.111 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9996, 45.4811, 88.4078)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5F0 #CDF0A5

analogous

#A5A8F0 #C8A5F0 #EEA5F0

triadic

#C8A5F0 #F0C8A5 #A5F0C8

tetradic

#C8A5F0 #F0A5A8 #CDF0A5 #A5F0EE

square

#C8A5F0 #F0A5A8 #CDF0A5 #A5F0EE

split-complementary

#C8A5F0 #F0EEA5 #A8F0A5

monochromatic

#883CDF #A871E7 #C8A5F0 #E8D9F9 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8A5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5F0

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5F0	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B3F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.111 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f5',
    500: '#c8a5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5f0;
$custom-light: #d9c0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5F0

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31279

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5F0

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

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