#C8AAC8#C8AAC8

#C8AAC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.054 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAC8
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 16.15, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 19.66, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0445 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.054 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6182, 45.1998, 60.7956)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAC8 #AAC8AA

analogous

#B9AAC8 #C8AAC8 #C8AAB9

triadic

#C8AAC8 #C8C8AA #AAC8C8

tetradic

#C8AAC8 #C8B9AA #AAC8AA #AAB9C8

square

#C8AAC8 #C8B9AA #AAC8AA #AAB9C8

split-complementary

#C8AAC8 #B9C8AA #AAC8B9

monochromatic

#966196 #B085B0 #C8AAC8 #E0CFE0 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C8AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAC8

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAC8	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.054 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3d8',
    500: '#c8aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aac8;
$custom-light: #d9c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77364,
    "c": 0.05363,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAC8

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#A04646

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAC8

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

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