#C8A9CD#C8A9CD

#C8A9CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.061 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CD
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(292, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, 17.65, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 22.58, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0477 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.061 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0253, 45.0639, 63.8613)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CD #AECDA9

analogous

#B6A9CD #C8A9CD #CDA9C0

triadic

#C8A9CD #CDC8A9 #A9CDC8

tetradic

#C8A9CD #CDB6A9 #AECDA9 #A9C0CD

square

#C8A9CD #CDB6A9 #AECDA9 #A9C0CD

split-complementary

#C8A9CD #C0CDA9 #A9CDB6

monochromatic

#965C9F #AF82B6 #C8A9CD #E1D0E3 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CD

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CD	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.061 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2dc',
    500: '#c8a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9cd;
$custom-light: #d9c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CD

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A5404E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CD

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

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