#C8A9CC#C8A9CC

#C8A9CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.060 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CC
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(293, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(293, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 17.46, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 22.12, 322.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0474 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.06 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9050, 45.0157, 63.2277)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CC #ADCCA9

analogous

#B6A9CC #C8A9CC #CCA9BE

triadic

#C8A9CC #CCC8A9 #A9CCC8

tetradic

#C8A9CC #CCB6A9 #ADCCA9 #A9BECC

square

#C8A9CC #CCB6A9 #ADCCA9 #A9BECC

split-complementary

#C8A9CC #BECCA9 #A9CCB6

monochromatic

#965D9D #AF83B5 #C8A9CC #E1CFE3 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.060 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2db',
    500: '#c8a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9cc;
$custom-light: #d9c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77311,
    "c": 0.05977,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CC

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A4414D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CC

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

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