#C8A9DF#C8A9DF

#C8A9DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.082 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9DF
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 21.23, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 31.32, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0535 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.082 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3244, 45.9835, 75.9696)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9DF #C0DFA9

analogous

#ADA9DF #C8A9DF #DFA9DB

triadic

#C8A9DF #DFC8A9 #A9DFC8

tetradic

#C8A9DF #DFADA9 #C0DFA9 #A9DBDF

square

#C8A9DF #DFADA9 #C0DFA9 #A9DBDF

split-complementary

#C8A9DF #DBDFA9 #A9DFAD

monochromatic

#8F50BE #AB7CCE #C8A9DF #E5D6F0 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8A9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8A9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9DF

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9DF	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.082 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2e9',
    500: '#c8a9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9df;
$custom-light: #d9c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78008,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9DF

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#B92D68

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9DF

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

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