#C8A9CB#C8A9CB

#C8A9CB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.059 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CB
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(295, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, 17.27, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 21.66, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.047 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.059 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7855, 44.9679, 62.5980)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CB #ACCBA9

analogous

#B7A9CB #C8A9CB #CBA9BD

triadic

#C8A9CB #CBC8A9 #A9CBC8

tetradic

#C8A9CB #CBB7A9 #ACCBA9 #A9BDCB

square

#C8A9CB #CBB7A9 #ACCBA9 #A9BDCB

split-complementary

#C8A9CB #BDCBA9 #A9CBB7

monochromatic

#965E9C #B083B4 #C8A9CB #E0CFE2 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8A9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CB

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CB	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.059 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2da',
    500: '#c8a9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9cb;
$custom-light: #d9c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77277,
    "c": 0.05866,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CB

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A3424B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CB

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

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