#C8AAD3#C8AAD3

#C8AAD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.066 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAD3
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 32%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(284, 19%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 18.27, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 24.76, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0482 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.066 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9502, 45.7326, 67.8113)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAD3 #B5D3AA

analogous

#B4AAD3 #C8AAD3 #D3AACA

triadic

#C8AAD3 #D3C8AA #AAD3C8

tetradic

#C8AAD3 #D3B4AA #B5D3AA #AACAD3

square

#C8AAD3 #D3B4AA #B5D3AA #AACAD3

split-complementary

#C8AAD3 #CAD3AA #AAD3B4

monochromatic

#9459A9 #AE82BE #C8AAD3 #E2D2E8 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8AAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8AAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAD3

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAD3	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.066 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3e0',
    500: '#c8aad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aad3;
$custom-light: #d9c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.902,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77748,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAD3

secondary

#E3EBE0

accent

#AB3B59

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAD3

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

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