#C8A9EE#C8A9EE

#C8A9EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.101 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9EE
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 24.40, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 38.94, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0577 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.101 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4370, 46.8285, 87.0960)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9EE #CFEEA9

analogous

#A9ACEE #C8A9EE #EBA9EE

triadic

#C8A9EE #EEC8A9 #A9EEC8

tetradic

#C8A9EE #EEA9AC #CFEEA9 #A9EEEB

square

#C8A9EE #EEA9AC #CFEEA9 #A9EEEB

split-complementary

#C8A9EE #EEEBA9 #ACEEA9

monochromatic

#8743DA #A776E4 #C8A9EE #E9DCF8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8A9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C8A9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9EE

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9EE	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.101 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f3',
    500: '#c8a9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ee;
$custom-light: #d9c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78607,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9EE

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF177C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9EE

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

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