#C8A8EB#C8A8EB

#C8A8EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.099 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8EB
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 24.30, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 38.03, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0584 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.099 306)
XYZ	xyz(52.8146, 46.2830, 84.7323)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8EB #CBEBA8

analogous

#A8AAEB #C8A8EB #EAA8EB

triadic

#C8A8EB #EBC8A8 #A8EBC8

tetradic

#C8A8EB #EBA8AA #CBEBA8 #A8EBEA

square

#C8A8EB #EBA8AA #CBEBA8 #A8EBEA

split-complementary

#C8A8EB #EBEAA8 #AAEBA8

monochromatic

#8944D4 #A976E0 #C8A8EB #E7DAF6 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C8A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8EB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8EB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.099 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f1',
    500: '#c8a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8eb;
$custom-light: #d9c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.46283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8EB

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1B77

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8EB

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

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