#C8A6CE#C8A6CE

#C8A6CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.067 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6CE
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 19.49, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 25.01, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0526 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.067 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5947, 44.0089, 64.3152)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6CE #ACCEA6

analogous

#B4A6CE #C8A6CE #CEA6C0

triadic

#C8A6CE #CEC8A6 #A6CEC8

tetradic

#C8A6CE #CEB4A6 #ACCEA6 #A6C0CE

square

#C8A6CE #CEB4A6 #ACCEA6 #A6C0CE

split-complementary

#C8A6CE #C0CEA6 #A6CEB4

monochromatic

#9659A1 #B07FB8 #C8A6CE #E0CDE4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6CE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6CE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.067 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0dd',
    500: '#c8a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6ce;
$custom-light: #d9c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 28.986,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76817,
    "c": 0.06741,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6CE

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A83E4E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6CE

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

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