#C8A6DD#C8A6DD

#C8A6DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.085 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6DD
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 22.47, -23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 32.25, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0573 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.085 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5046, 44.7728, 74.3740)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6DD #BBDDA6

analogous

#ACA6DD #C8A6DD #DDA6D6

triadic

#C8A6DD #DDC8A6 #A6DDC8

tetradic

#C8A6DD #DDACA6 #BBDDA6 #A6D6DD

square

#C8A6DD #DDACA6 #BBDDA6 #A6D6DD

split-complementary

#C8A6DD #D6DDA6 #A6DDAC

monochromatic

#914DBB #AD7ACC #C8A6DD #E3D2EE #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8A6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6DD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6DD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.085 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0e7',
    500: '#c8a6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6dd;
$custom-light: #d9c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77375,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6DD

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B82E62

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6DD

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

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