#C8A8DE#C8A8DE

#C8A8DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.083 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8DE
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 21.58, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 31.46, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0546 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.083 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0046, 45.5591, 75.1999)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8DE #BEDEA8

analogous

#ADA8DE #C8A8DE #DEA8D9

triadic

#C8A8DE #DEC8A8 #A8DEC8

tetradic

#C8A8DE #DEADA8 #BEDEA8 #A8D9DE

square

#C8A8DE #DEADA8 #BEDEA8 #A8D9DE

split-complementary

#C8A8DE #D9DEA8 #A8DEAD

monochromatic

#904FBC #AC7CCD #C8A8DE #E4D4EF #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8A8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C8A8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8DE

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8DE	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.083 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e8',
    500: '#c8a8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8de;
$custom-light: #d9c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77784,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8DE

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#B82D66

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8DE

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

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