#C8A8DD#C8A8DD

#C8A8DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.082 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8DD
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 21.37, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 30.96, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0543 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.082 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8710, 45.5056, 74.4961)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8DD #BDDDA8

analogous

#AEA8DD #C8A8DD #DDA8D8

triadic

#C8A8DD #DDC8A8 #A8DDC8

tetradic

#C8A8DD #DDAEA8 #BDDDA8 #A8D8DD

square

#C8A8DD #DDAEA8 #BDDDA8 #A8D8DD

split-complementary

#C8A8DD #D8DDA8 #A8DDAE

monochromatic

#9050BB #AC7CCC #C8A8DD #E4D4EE #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8DD

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8DD	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.082 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e7',
    500: '#c8a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8dd;
$custom-light: #d9c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.226,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8DD

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B72F65

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8DD

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

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