#C8A9C8#C8A9C8

#C8A9C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.055 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9C8
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 16.70, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 20.32, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.046 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.055 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4314, 44.8263, 60.7334)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9C8 #A9C8A9

analogous

#B9A9C8 #C8A9C8 #C8A9B9

triadic

#C8A9C8 #C8C8A9 #A9C8C8

tetradic

#C8A9C8 #C8B9A9 #A9C8A9 #A9B9C8

square

#C8A9C8 #C8B9A9 #A9C8A9 #A9B9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9C8 #B9C8A9 #A9C8B9

monochromatic

#966096 #B084B0 #C8A9C8 #E0CEE0 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8A9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9C8

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9C8	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.055 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2d8',
    500: '#c8a9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9c8;
$custom-light: #d9c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.05544,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9C8

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#A04545

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9C8

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

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