#C8A8DB#C8A8DB

#C8A8DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.079 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8DB
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, 20.97, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 29.97, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0537 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.079 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6061, 45.3997, 73.1012)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8DB #BBDBA8

analogous

#AEA8DB #C8A8DB #DBA8D4

triadic

#C8A8DB #DBC8A8 #A8DBC8

tetradic

#C8A8DB #DBAEA8 #BBDBA8 #A8D4DB

square

#C8A8DB #DBAEA8 #BBDBA8 #A8D4DB

split-complementary

#C8A8DB #D4DBA8 #A8DBAE

monochromatic

#9151B7 #AD7DC9 #C8A8DB #E3D3ED #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8DB

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8DB	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.079 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e6',
    500: '#c8a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8db;
$custom-light: #d9c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7767,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8DB

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B53162

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8DB

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

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