#C8ABC8#C8ABC8

#C8ABC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.052 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABC8
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 15.61, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 19.00, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.043 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.052 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8063, 45.5761, 60.8584)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABC8 #ABC8AB

analogous

#B9ABC8 #C8ABC8 #C8ABB9

triadic

#C8ABC8 #C8C8AB #ABC8C8

tetradic

#C8ABC8 #C8B9AB #ABC8AB #ABB9C8

square

#C8ABC8 #C8B9AB #ABC8AB #ABB9C8

split-complementary

#C8ABC8 #B9C8AB #ABC8B9

monochromatic

#966296 #B086B0 #C8ABC8 #E0D0E0 #F3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABC8

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABC8	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)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.052 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c4d8',
    500: '#c8abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abc8;
$custom-light: #d8c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.05182,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABC8

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#9F4646

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABC8

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

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