#C8A8EE#C8A8EE

#C8A8EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.103 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8EE
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 24.95, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 39.57, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0592 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.103 305)
XYZ	xyz(53.2516, 46.4579, 87.0342)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8EE #CEEEA8

analogous

#A8ABEE #C8A8EE #EBA8EE

triadic

#C8A8EE #EEC8A8 #A8EEC8

tetradic

#C8A8EE #EEA8AB #CEEEA8 #A8EEEB

square

#C8A8EE #EEA8AB #CEEEA8 #A8EEEB

split-complementary

#C8A8EE #EEEBA8 #ABEEA8

monochromatic

#8742DA #A875E4 #C8A8EE #E8DBF8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8EE

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8EE	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.103 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f3',
    500: '#c8a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ee;
$custom-light: #d9c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78425,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8EE

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#CF167B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8EE

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

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