#C8ABE1#C8ABE1

#C8ABE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.081 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABE1
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 20.55, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 31.04, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% 0.0511 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.081 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9705, 46.8418, 77.5231)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABE1 #C4E1AB

analogous

#ADABE1 #C8ABE1 #E1ABDF

triadic

#C8ABE1 #E1C8AB #ABE1C8

tetradic

#C8ABE1 #E1ADAB #C4E1AB #ABDFE1

square

#C8ABE1 #E1ADAB #C4E1AB #ABDFE1

split-complementary

#C8ABE1 #DFE1AB #ABE1AD

monochromatic

#8D51C1 #AA7ED1 #C8ABE1 #E6D8F1 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8ABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C8ABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABE1

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABE1	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.081 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4ea',
    500: '#c8abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abe1;
$custom-light: #d9c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78458,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABE1

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2B6D

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABE1

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

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