#C8A9CF#C8A9CF

#C8A9CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.063 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9CF
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 28%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 18.04, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 23.51, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.0484 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.063 320)
XYZ	xyz(49.2683, 45.1610, 65.1409)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9CF #B0CFA9

analogous

#B5A9CF #C8A9CF #CFA9C3

triadic

#C8A9CF #CFC8A9 #A9CFC8

tetradic

#C8A9CF #CFB5A9 #B0CFA9 #A9C3CF

square

#C8A9CF #CFB5A9 #B0CFA9 #A9C3CF

split-complementary

#C8A9CF #C3CFA9 #A9CFB5

monochromatic

#965BA3 #AF82B9 #C8A9CF #E1D0E5 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8A9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9CF

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9CF	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.063 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2dd',
    500: '#c8a9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9cf;
$custom-light: #d9c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 28.358,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77417,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.4516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9CF

secondary

#E2EBE0

accent

#A73F52

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9CF

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

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