#C8A8DA#C8A8DA

#C8A8DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.078 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8DA
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 20.76, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 29.47, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0534 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.078 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4749, 45.3472, 72.4099)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8DA #BADAA8

analogous

#AFA8DA #C8A8DA #DAA8D3

triadic

#C8A8DA #DAC8A8 #A8DAC8

tetradic

#C8A8DA #DAAFA8 #BADAA8 #A8D3DA

square

#C8A8DA #DAAFA8 #BADAA8 #A8D3DA

split-complementary

#C8A8DA #D3DAA8 #A8DAAF

monochromatic

#9252B5 #AD7DC8 #C8A8DA #E3D3EC #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8DA

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8DA	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.078 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e5',
    500: '#c8a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8da;
$custom-light: #d9c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8DA

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B33261

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8DA

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

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