#C8A6E2#C8A6E2

#C8A6E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.091 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6E2
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 23.50, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 34.75, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0587 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.091 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1807, 45.0433, 77.9347)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6E2 #C0E2A6

analogous

#AAA6E2 #C8A6E2 #E2A6DE

triadic

#C8A6E2 #E2C8A6 #A6E2C8

tetradic

#C8A6E2 #E2AAA6 #C0E2A6 #A6DEE2

square

#C8A6E2 #E2AAA6 #C0E2A6 #A6DEE2

split-complementary

#C8A6E2 #DEE2A6 #A6E2AA

monochromatic

#8F4AC4 #AB78D3 #C8A6E2 #E5D4F1 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8A6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6E2

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6E2	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.091 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0eb',
    500: '#c8a6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6e2;
$custom-light: #d9c0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.09126,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BE2769

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6E2

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

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