#C8A8CE#C8A8CE

#C8A8CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.064 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8CE
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 18.39, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 23.70, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0496 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.064 321)
XYZ	xyz(48.9611, 44.7417, 64.4373)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8CE #AECEA8

analogous

#B5A8CE #C8A8CE #CEA8C1

triadic

#C8A8CE #CEC8A8 #A8CEC8

tetradic

#C8A8CE #CEB5A8 #AECEA8 #A8C1CE

square

#C8A8CE #CEB5A8 #AECEA8 #A8C1CE

split-complementary

#C8A8CE #C1CEA8 #A8CEB5

monochromatic

#965BA1 #AF81B8 #C8A8CE #E1CFE4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8CE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8CE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.064 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2dd',
    500: '#c8a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ce;
$custom-light: #d9c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77193,
    "c": 0.06381,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.44741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8CE

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A73F4F

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8CE

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

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