#C8A9FF#C8A9FF

#C8A9FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9FF
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 255)
HSL	hsl(262, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 28.15, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 47.71, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.062 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.123 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0534, 47.8751, 100.8761)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9FF #E0FFA9

analogous

#A9B5FF #C8A9FF #F3A9FF

triadic

#C8A9FF #FFC8A9 #A9FFC8

tetradic

#C8A9FF #FFA9B5 #E0FFA9 #A9FFF3

square

#C8A9FF #FFA9B5 #E0FFA9 #A9FFF3

split-complementary

#C8A9FF #FFF3A9 #B5FFA9

monochromatic

#7A2FFF #A16CFF #C8A9FF #EBE0FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8A9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C8A9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9FF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9FF	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2ff',
    500: '#c8a9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ff;
$custom-light: #dac2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9FF

secondary

#EAF7D4

accent

#E60093

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF7FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151218

muted

#838186

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9FF

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

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