#C8A6EB#C8A6EB

#C8A6EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.103 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6EB
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 25.40, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 39.30, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0612 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.103 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4482, 45.5503, 84.6102)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6EB #C9EBA6

analogous

#A6A6EB #C8A6EB #EAA6EB

triadic

#C8A6EB #EBC8A6 #A6EBC8

tetradic

#C8A6EB #EBA6A6 #C9EBA6 #A6EBEA

square

#C8A6EB #EBA6A6 #C9EBA6 #A6EBEA

split-complementary

#C8A6EB #EBEAA6 #A6EBA6

monochromatic

#8A42D5 #A974E0 #C8A6EB #E7D8F6 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C8A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6EB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6EB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.103 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f1',
    500: '#c8a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6eb;
$custom-light: #d9c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77936,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6EB

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CB1A74

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6EB

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

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