#C8A9EA#C8A9EA

#C8A9EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.096 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9EA
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, 23.54, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 36.89, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0566 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.096 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8558, 46.5961, 84.0354)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9EA #CBEAA9

analogous

#A9ABEA #C8A9EA #E9A9EA

triadic

#C8A9EA #EAC8A9 #A9EAC8

tetradic

#C8A9EA #EAA9AB #CBEAA9 #A9EAE9

square

#C8A9EA #EAA9AB #CBEAA9 #A9EAE9

split-complementary

#C8A9EA #EAE9A9 #ABEAA9

monochromatic

#8947D2 #A978DE #C8A9EA #E7DAF6 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8A9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C8A9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9EA

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9EA	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.096 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f1',
    500: '#c8a9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ea;
$custom-light: #d9c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78443,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9EA

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C81D77

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9EA

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

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