#C8A6DC#C8A6DC

#C8A6DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.084 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6DC
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 22.27, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 31.76, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.057 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.084 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3718, 44.7197, 73.6744)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6DC #BADCA6

analogous

#ADA6DC #C8A6DC #DCA6D5

triadic

#C8A6DC #DCC8A6 #A6DCC8

tetradic

#C8A6DC #DCADA6 #BADCA6 #A6D5DC

square

#C8A6DC #DCADA6 #BADCA6 #A6D5DC

split-complementary

#C8A6DC #D5DCA6 #A6DCAD

monochromatic

#924EB9 #AD7ACB #C8A6DC #E3D2ED #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8A6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6DC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6DC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.084 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e7',
    500: '#c8a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6dc;
$custom-light: #d9c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6DC

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B72F61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6DC

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

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