#C8A9ED#C8A9ED

#C8A9ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.100 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9ED
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 237)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 24.18, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 38.42, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0575 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.1 305)
XYZ	xyz(53.2905, 46.7699, 86.3244)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9ED #CEEDA9

analogous

#A9ACED #C8A9ED #EAA9ED

triadic

#C8A9ED #EDC8A9 #A9EDC8

tetradic

#C8A9ED #EDA9AC #CEEDA9 #A9EDEA

square

#C8A9ED #EDA9AC #CEEDA9 #A9EDEA

split-complementary

#C8A9ED #EDEAA9 #ACEDA9

monochromatic

#8744D8 #A876E2 #C8A9ED #E8DCF8 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8A9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C8A9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9ED

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9ED	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.100 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f3',
    500: '#c8a9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ed;
$custom-light: #d9c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78566,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.4677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9ED

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD187B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9ED

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

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