#C8AAD0#C8AAD0

#C8AAD0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.062 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAD0
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(287, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(287, 18%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 17.68, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 23.33, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0472 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.062 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5777, 45.5836, 65.8491)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAD0 #B2D0AA

analogous

#B5AAD0 #C8AAD0 #D0AAC5

triadic

#C8AAD0 #D0C8AA #AAD0C8

tetradic

#C8AAD0 #D0B5AA #B2D0AA #AAC5D0

square

#C8AAD0 #D0B5AA #B2D0AA #AAC5D0

split-complementary

#C8AAD0 #C5D0AA #AAD0B5

monochromatic

#955BA4 #AF83BA #C8AAD0 #E2D1E6 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8AAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8AAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAD0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAD0	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.062 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3de',
    500: '#c8aad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aad0;
$custom-light: #d9c3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77641,
    "c": 0.06249,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAD0

secondary

#E3EBE0

accent

#A73E54

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAD0

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

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