#C8A8D3#C8A8D3

#C8A8D3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.070 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8D3
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 33%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, 19.37, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 26.06, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0512 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.07 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5782, 44.9885, 67.6873)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8D3 #B3D3A8

analogous

#B3A8D3 #C8A8D3 #D3A8C9

triadic

#C8A8D3 #D3C8A8 #A8D3C8

tetradic

#C8A8D3 #D3B3A8 #B3D3A8 #A8C9D3

square

#C8A8D3 #D3B3A8 #B3D3A8 #A8C9D3

split-complementary

#C8A8D3 #C9D3A8 #A8D3B3

monochromatic

#9557AA #AE7FBE #C8A8D3 #E2D1E8 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8A8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8D3

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8D3	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.070 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e0',
    500: '#c8a8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8d3;
$custom-light: #d9c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 32.824,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8D3

secondary

#E3EBE0

accent

#AC3A57

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8D3

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

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