#C8A8EC#C8A8EC

#C8A8EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.100 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8EC
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 24.52, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 38.54, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0586 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.1 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9595, 46.3410, 85.4953)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8EC #CCECA8

analogous

#A8AAEC #C8A8EC #EAA8EC

triadic

#C8A8EC #ECC8A8 #A8ECC8

tetradic

#C8A8EC #ECA8AA #CCECA8 #A8ECEA

square

#C8A8EC #ECA8AA #CCECA8 #A8ECEA

split-complementary

#C8A8EC #ECEAA8 #AAECA8

monochromatic

#8844D6 #A876E1 #C8A8EC #E8DAF7 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8A8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C8A8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8EC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8EC	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.100 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f2',
    500: '#c8a8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ec;
$custom-light: #d9c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1A78

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8EC

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

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