#C8A9F8#C8A9F8

#C8A9F8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.114 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9F8
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 248)
HSL	hsl(264, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 26.58, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 44.09, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0603 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.114 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9471, 47.4326, 95.0494)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9F8 #D9F8A9

analogous

#A9B2F8 #C8A9F8 #EFA9F8

triadic

#C8A9F8 #F8C8A9 #A9F8C8

tetradic

#C8A9F8 #F8A9B2 #D9F8A9 #A9F8EF

square

#C8A9F8 #F8A9B2 #D9F8A9 #A9F8EF

split-complementary

#C8A9F8 #F8EFA9 #B2F8A9

monochromatic

#8038EF #A470F3 #C8A9F8 #ECE2FD #EDE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8A9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C8A9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9F8

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9F8	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.114 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2fa',
    500: '#c8a9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9f8;
$custom-light: #d9c2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9F8

secondary

#E9F5D6

accent

#E1048B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF7FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9F8

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

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