#C8A6DB#C8A6DB

#C8A6DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6DB
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 22.06, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 31.26, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0567 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.083 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2397, 44.6669, 72.9790)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6DB #B9DBA6

analogous

#ADA6DB #C8A6DB #DBA6D3

triadic

#C8A6DB #DBC8A6 #A6DBC8

tetradic

#C8A6DB #DBADA6 #B9DBA6 #A6D3DB

square

#C8A6DB #DBADA6 #B9DBA6 #A6D3DB

split-complementary

#C8A6DB #D3DBA6 #A6DBAD

monochromatic

#924FB8 #AD7AC9 #C8A6DB #E3D2ED #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6DB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6DB	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e6',
    500: '#c8a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6db;
$custom-light: #d9c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.491,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77298,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6DB

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B53060

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6DB

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

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