#C8A6EE#C8A6EE

#C8A6EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.106 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6EE
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 26.04, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 40.83, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.062 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.106 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8853, 45.7251, 86.9121)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6EE #CCEEA6

analogous

#A6A8EE #C8A6EE #ECA6EE

triadic

#C8A6EE #EEC8A6 #A6EEC8

tetradic

#C8A6EE #EEA6A8 #CCEEA6 #A6EEEC

square

#C8A6EE #EEA6A8 #CCEEA6 #A6EEEC

split-complementary

#C8A6EE #EEECA6 #A8EEA6

monochromatic

#883FDA #A873E4 #C8A6EE #E8D9F8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8A6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6EE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6EE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.106 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f3',
    500: '#c8a6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6ee;
$custom-light: #d9c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78061,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6EE

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D01678

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6EE

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

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