#C8AAD4#C8AAD4

#C8AAD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.067 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAD4
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 212)
HSL	hsl(283, 33%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(283, 20%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 18.47, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 25.24, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0485 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.067 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0760, 45.7829, 68.4736)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAD4 #B6D4AA

analogous

#B3AAD4 #C8AAD4 #D4AACB

triadic

#C8AAD4 #D4C8AA #AAD4C8

tetradic

#C8AAD4 #D4B3AA #B6D4AA #AACBD4

square

#C8AAD4 #D4B3AA #B6D4AA #AACBD4

split-complementary

#C8AAD4 #CBD4AA #AAD4B3

monochromatic

#9359AB #AE81BF #C8AAD4 #E2D3E9 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8AAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8AAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAD4

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAD4	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.067 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3e1',
    500: '#c8aad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aad4;
$custom-light: #d9c3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 32.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77785,
    "c": 0.06718,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAD4

secondary

#E3EBE0

accent

#AC3A5A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAD4

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

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