#C8A8C8#C8A8C8

#C8A8C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.057 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8C8
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 17.25, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 20.98, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0475 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.057 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2461, 44.4556, 60.6716)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8C8 #A8C8A8

analogous

#B8A8C8 #C8A8C8 #C8A8B8

triadic

#C8A8C8 #C8C8A8 #A8C8C8

tetradic

#C8A8C8 #C8B8A8 #A8C8A8 #A8B8C8

square

#C8A8C8 #C8B8A8 #A8C8A8 #A8B8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8C8 #B8C8A8 #A8C8B8

monochromatic

#965F96 #B083B0 #C8A8C8 #E0CDE0 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8A8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8A8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8C8

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8C8	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.057 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2d8',
    500: '#c8a8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8c8;
$custom-light: #d9c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76984,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8C8

secondary

#E1EAE1

accent

#A14545

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8C8

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

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