#C8A9DA#C8A9DA

#C8A9DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.076 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DA
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 20.21, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 28.83, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0519 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.076 313)
XYZ	xyz(50.6602, 45.7178, 72.4717)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DA #BBDAA9

analogous

#AFA9DA #C8A9DA #DAA9D3

triadic

#C8A9DA #DAC8A9 #A9DAC8

tetradic

#C8A9DA #DAAFA9 #BBDAA9 #A9D3DA

square

#C8A9DA #DAAFA9 #BBDAA9 #A9D3DA

split-complementary

#C8A9DA #D3DAA9 #A9DAAF

monochromatic

#9153B5 #AD7EC8 #C8A9DA #E3D4EC #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8A9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DA

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DA	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.076 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e5',
    500: '#c8a9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9da;
$custom-light: #d9c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77818,
    "c": 0.07617,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.45717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DA

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B33362

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DA

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

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