#C8A9EC#C8A9EC

#C8A9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.099 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9EC
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, 23.97, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 37.91, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0572 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.099 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1448, 46.7116, 85.5571)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9EC #CDECA9

analogous

#A9ACEC #C8A9EC #EAA9EC

triadic

#C8A9EC #ECC8A9 #A9ECC8

tetradic

#C8A9EC #ECA9AC #CDECA9 #A9ECEA

square

#C8A9EC #ECA9AC #CDECA9 #A9ECEA

split-complementary

#C8A9EC #ECEAA9 #ACECA9

monochromatic

#8845D6 #A877E1 #C8A9EC #E8DBF7 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8A9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C8A9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9EC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9EC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.099 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f2',
    500: '#c8a9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ec;
$custom-light: #d9c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.761,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1A79

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9EC

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

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