#C8AAD5#C8AAD5

#C8AAD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.068 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAD5
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 34%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 20%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 18.67, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 25.72, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0489 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.068 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2025, 45.8335, 69.1400)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAD5 #B7D5AA

analogous

#B2AAD5 #C8AAD5 #D5AACD

triadic

#C8AAD5 #D5C8AA #AAD5C8

tetradic

#C8AAD5 #D5B2AA #B7D5AA #AACDD5

square

#C8AAD5 #D5B2AA #B7D5AA #AACDD5

split-complementary

#C8AAD5 #CDD5AA #AAD5B2

monochromatic

#9358AD #AD81C1 #C8AAD5 #E3D3E9 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8AAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C8AAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAD5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAD5	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.068 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3e2',
    500: '#c8aad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aad5;
$custom-light: #d9c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAD5

secondary

#E3ECDF

accent

#AD395C

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAD5

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

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