#C8A9D2#C8A9D2

#C8A9D2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.067 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9D2
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 31%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 18.62, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 24.93, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0494 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.067 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6385, 45.3091, 67.0909)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9D2 #B3D2A9

analogous

#B4A9D2 #C8A9D2 #D2A9C8

triadic

#C8A9D2 #D2C8A9 #A9D2C8

tetradic

#C8A9D2 #D2B4A9 #B3D2A9 #A9C8D2

square

#C8A9D2 #D2B4A9 #B3D2A9 #A9C8D2

split-complementary

#C8A9D2 #C8D2A9 #A9D2B4

monochromatic

#9559A8 #AE81BD #C8A9D2 #E2D1E7 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8A9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8A9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9D2

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9D2	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.067 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2df',
    500: '#c8a9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9d2;
$custom-light: #d9c2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.366,
    "s": 31.298,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77524,
    "c": 0.0666,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9D2

secondary

#E3EBE0

accent

#AA3B56

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9D2

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

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