#C8A9EF#C8A9EF

#C8A9EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.103 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9EF
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, 24.61, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 39.45, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.058 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.103 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5843, 46.8874, 87.8719)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9EF #D0EFA9

analogous

#A9ADEF #C8A9EF #EBA9EF

triadic

#C8A9EF #EFC8A9 #A9EFC8

tetradic

#C8A9EF #EFA9AD #D0EFA9 #A9EFEB

square

#C8A9EF #EFA9AD #D0EFA9 #A9EFEB

split-complementary

#C8A9EF #EFEBA9 #ADEFA9

monochromatic

#8642DC #A775E5 #C8A9EF #E9DDF9 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8A9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8A9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9EF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9EF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.103 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2f4',
    500: '#c8a9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ef;
$custom-light: #d9c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78649,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9EF

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D1157D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9EF

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

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