#C8A7E2#C8A7E2

#C8A7E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.090 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A7E2
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 22.95, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 34.11, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0573 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.09 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3632, 45.4082, 77.9956)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A7E2 #C1E2A7

analogous

#ABA7E2 #C8A7E2 #E2A7DF

triadic

#C8A7E2 #E2C8A7 #A7E2C8

tetradic

#C8A7E2 #E2ABA7 #C1E2A7 #A7DFE2

square

#C8A7E2 #E2ABA7 #C1E2A7 #A7DFE2

split-complementary

#C8A7E2 #DFE2A7 #A7E2AB

monochromatic

#8E4BC4 #AB79D3 #C8A7E2 #E5D5F1 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8A7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A7E2

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A7E2	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.090 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1eb',
    500: '#c8a7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a7e2;
$custom-light: #d9c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77755,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A7E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BE286A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A7E2

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

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