#C8A6ED#C8A6ED

#C8A6ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.105 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6ED
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, 25.83, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 40.32, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.0618 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.105 306)
XYZ	xyz(52.7388, 45.6665, 86.1405)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6ED #CBEDA6

analogous

#A6A8ED #C8A6ED #EBA6ED

triadic

#C8A6ED #EDC8A6 #A6EDC8

tetradic

#C8A6ED #EDA6A8 #CBEDA6 #A6EDEB

square

#C8A6ED #EDA6A8 #CBEDA6 #A6EDEB

split-complementary

#C8A6ED #EDEBA6 #A8EDA6

monochromatic

#8940D8 #A973E3 #C8A6ED #E7D9F7 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C8A6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6ED

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6ED	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.105 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f3',
    500: '#c8a6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6ed;
$custom-light: #d9c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.45666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6ED

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CE1777

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6ED

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

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