#C8A8ED#C8A8ED

#C8A8ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.102 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8ED
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 24.73, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 39.05, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0589 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.102 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1051, 46.3993, 86.2626)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8ED #CDEDA8

analogous

#A8ABED #C8A8ED #EAA8ED

triadic

#C8A8ED #EDC8A8 #A8EDC8

tetradic

#C8A8ED #EDA8AB #CDEDA8 #A8EDEA

square

#C8A8ED #EDA8AB #CDEDA8 #A8EDEA

split-complementary

#C8A8ED #EDEAA8 #ABEDA8

monochromatic

#8843D8 #A875E3 #C8A8ED #E8DBF7 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8A8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C8A8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8ED

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8ED	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.102 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f3',
    500: '#c8a8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ed;
$custom-light: #d9c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8ED

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CE1879

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8ED

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

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