#C8A9CA#C8A9CA

#C8A9CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.058 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CA
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 17.08, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 21.21, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0467 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.058 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6667, 44.9204, 61.9724)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CA #ABCAA9

analogous

#B7A9CA #C8A9CA #CAA9BB

triadic

#C8A9CA #CAC8A9 #A9CAC8

tetradic

#C8A9CA #CAB7A9 #ABCAA9 #A9BBCA

square

#C8A9CA #CAB7A9 #ABCAA9 #A9BBCA

split-complementary

#C8A9CA #BBCAA9 #A9CAB7

monochromatic

#965F9A #B083B3 #C8A9CA #E0CFE1 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C8A9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.058 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2da',
    500: '#c8a9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ca;
$custom-light: #d9c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77242,
    "c": 0.05757,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CA

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A24349

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CA

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

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