#C8A9DB#C8A9DB

#C8A9DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.077 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DB
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 20.42, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 29.32, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0522 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.077 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7914, 45.7703, 73.1629)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DB #BCDBA9

analogous

#AFA9DB #C8A9DB #DBA9D5

triadic

#C8A9DB #DBC8A9 #A9DBC8

tetradic

#C8A9DB #DBAFA9 #BCDBA9 #A9D5DB

square

#C8A9DB #DBAFA9 #BCDBA9 #A9D5DB

split-complementary

#C8A9DB #D5DBA9 #A9DBAF

monochromatic

#9153B7 #AC7EC9 #C8A9DB #E4D4ED #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DB

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DB	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.077 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e6',
    500: '#c8a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9db;
$custom-light: #d9c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DB

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B43163

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DB

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

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