#C8A6DA#C8A6DA

#C8A6DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.081 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6DA
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 21.86, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 30.77, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0564 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.081 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1085, 44.6144, 72.2878)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6DA #B8DAA6

analogous

#AEA6DA #C8A6DA #DAA6D2

triadic

#C8A6DA #DAC8A6 #A6DAC8

tetradic

#C8A6DA #DAAEA6 #B8DAA6 #A6D2DA

square

#C8A6DA #DAAEA6 #B8DAA6 #A6D2DA

split-complementary

#C8A6DA #D2DAA6 #A6DAAE

monochromatic

#9350B6 #AD7BC8 #C8A6DA #E3D1EC #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8A6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6DA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6DA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.081 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e5',
    500: '#c8a6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6da;
$custom-light: #d9c0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6DA

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B4315F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6DA

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

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