#C8A6EF#C8A6EF

#C8A6EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A6EF
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 239)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 26.26, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 41.34, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0623 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.108 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0326, 45.7840, 87.6880)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A6EF #CDEFA6

analogous

#A6A9EF #C8A6EF #EDA6EF

triadic

#C8A6EF #EFC8A6 #A6EFC8

tetradic

#C8A6EF #EFA6A9 #CDEFA6 #A6EFED

square

#C8A6EF #EFA6A9 #CDEFA6 #A6EFED

split-complementary

#C8A6EF #EFEDA6 #A9EFA6

monochromatic

#883EDC #A872E6 #C8A6EF #E8DAF8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8A6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A6EF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A6EF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0f4',
    500: '#c8a6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a6ef;
$custom-light: #d9c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78103,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A6EF

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21479

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A6EF

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

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