#C8A9DD#C8A9DD

#C8A9DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.080 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DD
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 20.82, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 30.32, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0529 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.08 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0563, 45.8763, 74.5579)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DD #BEDDA9

analogous

#AEA9DD #C8A9DD #DDA9D8

triadic

#C8A9DD #DDC8A9 #A9DDC8

tetradic

#C8A9DD #DDAEA9 #BEDDA9 #A9D8DD

square

#C8A9DD #DDAEA9 #BEDDA9 #A9D8DD

split-complementary

#C8A9DD #D8DDA9 #A9DDAE

monochromatic

#9051BA #AC7DCC #C8A9DD #E4D5EE #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8A9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C8A9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.080 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e7',
    500: '#c8a9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9dd;
$custom-light: #d9c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77932,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DD

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B62F66

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DD

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

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