#C8A7E4#C8A7E4

#C8A7E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.092 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A7E4
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 23.37, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 35.11, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0578 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.092 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6392, 45.5187, 79.4493)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A7E4 #C3E4A7

analogous

#AAA7E4 #C8A7E4 #E4A7E1

triadic

#C8A7E4 #E4C8A7 #A7E4C8

tetradic

#C8A7E4 #E4AAA7 #C3E4A7 #A7E1E4

square

#C8A7E4 #E4AAA7 #C3E4A7 #A7E1E4

split-complementary

#C8A7E4 #E1E4A7 #A7E4AA

monochromatic

#8D49C7 #AB78D6 #C8A7E4 #E5D6F2 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8A7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A7E4

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A7E4	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.092 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1ec',
    500: '#c8a7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a7e4;
$custom-light: #d9c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77835,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A7E4

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C0256C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A7E4

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

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