#C8A9DE#C8A9DE

#C8A9DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.081 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DE
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(275, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 21.03, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 30.82, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0532 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.081 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1899, 45.9297, 75.2617)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DE #BFDEA9

analogous

#AEA9DE #C8A9DE #DEA9DA

triadic

#C8A9DE #DEC8A9 #A9DEC8

tetradic

#C8A9DE #DEAEA9 #BFDEA9 #A9DADE

square

#C8A9DE #DEAEA9 #BFDEA9 #A9DADE

split-complementary

#C8A9DE #DADEA9 #A9DEAE

monochromatic

#8F51BC #AC7DCD #C8A9DE #E4D5EF #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8A9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C8A9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DE

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DE	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.081 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e8',
    500: '#c8a9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9de;
$custom-light: #d9c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7797,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DE

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B82E67

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DE

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

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