#C8A9CE#C8A9CE

#C8A9CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.062 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CE
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(290, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, 17.84, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 23.04, 320.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0481 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.062 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1464, 45.1123, 64.4991)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CE #AFCEA9

analogous

#B5A9CE #C8A9CE #CEA9C1

triadic

#C8A9CE #CEC8A9 #A9CEC8

tetradic

#C8A9CE #CEB5A9 #AFCEA9 #A9C1CE

square

#C8A9CE #CEB5A9 #AFCEA9 #A9C1CE

split-complementary

#C8A9CE #C1CEA9 #A9CEB5

monochromatic

#965CA1 #AF82B8 #C8A9CE #E1D0E4 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C8A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CE	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.062 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2dd',
    500: '#c8a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ce;
$custom-light: #d9c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77381,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CE

secondary

#E2EAE1

accent

#A63F50

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CE

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

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