#C8A8CD#C8A8CD

#C8A8CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.063 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8CD
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(292, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 18.20, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 23.24, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0492 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.063 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8400, 44.6932, 63.7996)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8CD #ADCDA8

analogous

#B5A8CD #C8A8CD #CDA8BF

triadic

#C8A8CD #CDC8A8 #A8CDC8

tetradic

#C8A8CD #CDB5A8 #ADCDA8 #A8BFCD

square

#C8A8CD #CDB5A8 #ADCDA8 #A8BFCD

split-complementary

#C8A8CD #BFCDA8 #A8CDB5

monochromatic

#965B9F #AF81B7 #C8A8CD #E1CFE3 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8CD

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8CD	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.063 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2dc',
    500: '#c8a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8cd;
$custom-light: #d9c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.892,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77157,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8CD

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A6404E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8CD

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

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