#C8A8DC#C8A8DC

#C8A8DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.080 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8DC
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 21.17, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 30.46, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.054 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.08 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7382, 45.4525, 73.7966)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8DC #BCDCA8

analogous

#AEA8DC #C8A8DC #DCA8D6

triadic

#C8A8DC #DCC8A8 #A8DCC8

tetradic

#C8A8DC #DCAEA8 #BCDCA8 #A8D6DC

square

#C8A8DC #DCAEA8 #BCDCA8 #A8D6DC

split-complementary

#C8A8DC #D6DCA8 #A8DCAE

monochromatic

#9151B9 #AC7CCA #C8A8DC #E4D4EE #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C8A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8DC

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8DC	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.080 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e7',
    500: '#c8a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8dc;
$custom-light: #d9c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8DC

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B63063

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8DC

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

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