#C8A8EF#C8A8EF

#C8A8EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.104 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8EF
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 25.16, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 40.08, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0594 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.104 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3990, 46.5168, 87.8101)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8EF #CFEFA8

analogous

#A8ACEF #C8A8EF #EBA8EF

triadic

#C8A8EF #EFC8A8 #A8EFC8

tetradic

#C8A8EF #EFA8AC #CFEFA8 #A8EFEB

square

#C8A8EF #EFA8AC #CFEFA8 #A8EFEB

split-complementary

#C8A8EF #EFEBA8 #ACEFA8

monochromatic

#8741DC #A774E5 #C8A8EF #E9DCF9 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8A8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8A8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8EF

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8EF	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.104 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f4',
    500: '#c8a8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ef;
$custom-light: #d9c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8EF

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D1157C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8EF

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

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