#C8AAD8#C8AAD8

#C8AAD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.072 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAD8
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 19.26, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 27.19, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0498 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.072 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5868, 45.9873, 71.1639)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAD8 #BAD8AA

analogous

#B1AAD8 #C8AAD8 #D8AAD1

triadic

#C8AAD8 #D8C8AA #AAD8C8

tetradic

#C8AAD8 #D8B1AA #BAD8AA #AAD1D8

square

#C8AAD8 #D8B1AA #BAD8AA #AAD1D8

split-complementary

#C8AAD8 #D1D8AA #AAD8B1

monochromatic

#9256B2 #AD80C5 #C8AAD8 #E3D4EB #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAD8

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAD8	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.072 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3e4',
    500: '#c8aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aad8;
$custom-light: #d9c3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAD8

secondary

#E3ECDF

accent

#B03560

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAD8

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

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