#C8A9DC#C8A9DC

#C8A9DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.079 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DC
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 20.62, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 29.82, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0525 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.079 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9235, 45.8231, 73.8583)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DC #BDDCA9

analogous

#AFA9DC #C8A9DC #DCA9D7

triadic

#C8A9DC #DCC8A9 #A9DCC8

tetradic

#C8A9DC #DCAFA9 #BDDCA9 #A9D7DC

square

#C8A9DC #DCAFA9 #BDDCA9 #A9D7DC

split-complementary

#C8A9DC #D7DCA9 #A9DCAF

monochromatic

#9052B9 #AC7ECA #C8A9DC #E4D4EE #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.079 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e7',
    500: '#c8a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9dc;
$custom-light: #d9c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77894,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DC

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B53064

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DC

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

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