#C8A8E7#C8A8E7

#C8A8E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.094 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8E7
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 23.45, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 35.99, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% 0.0572 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.094 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2432, 46.0545, 81.7230)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8E7 #C7E7A8

analogous

#A8A8E7 #C8A8E7 #E7A8E7

triadic

#C8A8E7 #E7C8A8 #A8E7C8

tetradic

#C8A8E7 #E7A8A8 #C7E7A8 #A8E7E7

square

#C8A8E7 #E7A8A8 #C7E7A8 #A8E7E7

split-complementary

#C8A8E7 #E7E7A8 #A8E7A8

monochromatic

#8B48CD #AA78DA #C8A8E7 #E6D8F4 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8A8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C8A8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8E7

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8E7	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.094 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2ee',
    500: '#c8a8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8e7;
$custom-light: #d9c2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.476,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78138,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8E7

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C42171

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8E7

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

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