#C8A8D4#C8A8D4

#C8A8D4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.071 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8D4
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 34%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(284, 21%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 19.56, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 26.54, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0515 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.071 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7039, 45.0388, 68.3495)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8D4 #B4D4A8

analogous

#B2A8D4 #C8A8D4 #D4A8CA

triadic

#C8A8D4 #D4C8A8 #A8D4C8

tetradic

#C8A8D4 #D4B2A8 #B4D4A8 #A8CAD4

square

#C8A8D4 #D4B2A8 #B4D4A8 #A8CAD4

split-complementary

#C8A8D4 #CAD4A8 #A8D4B2

monochromatic

#9456AC #AE7FC0 #C8A8D4 #E2D1E8 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8A8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8D4

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8D4	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.071 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e1',
    500: '#c8a8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8d4;
$custom-light: #d9c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 33.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77409,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8D4

secondary

#E3ECDF

accent

#AD3958

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8D4

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

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