#C8A9EB#C8A9EB

#C8A9EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.098 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9EB
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 23.75, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 37.40, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0569 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.098 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9999, 46.6537, 84.7941)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9EB #CCEBA9

analogous

#A9ABEB #C8A9EB #E9A9EB

triadic

#C8A9EB #EBC8A9 #A9EBC8

tetradic

#C8A9EB #EBA9AB #CCEBA9 #A9EBE9

square

#C8A9EB #EBA9AB #CCEBA9 #A9EBE9

split-complementary

#C8A9EB #EBE9A9 #ABEBA9

monochromatic

#8846D4 #A877DF #C8A9EB #E8DBF7 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8A9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8A9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9EB

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9EB	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.098 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f1',
    500: '#c8a9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9eb;
$custom-light: #d9c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9EB

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1B78

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9EB

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

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