#C8A8EA#C8A8EA

#C8A8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8EA
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, 24.09, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 37.52, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.0581 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.098 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6705, 46.2254, 83.9736)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8EA #CAEAA8

analogous

#A8A9EA #C8A8EA #E9A8EA

triadic

#C8A8EA #EAC8A8 #A8EAC8

tetradic

#C8A8EA #EAA8A9 #CAEAA8 #A8EAE9

square

#C8A8EA #EAA8A9 #CAEAA8 #A8EAE9

split-complementary

#C8A8EA #EAE9A8 #A9EAA8

monochromatic

#8A45D2 #A977DE #C8A8EA #E7D9F6 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8EA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8EA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f1',
    500: '#c8a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ea;
$custom-light: #d9c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7826,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8EA

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D75

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8EA

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

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