#C8ABE2#C8ABE2

#C8ABE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.083 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABE2
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, 20.76, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 31.55, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0514 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.083 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1073, 46.8965, 78.2436)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABE2 #C5E2AB

analogous

#ACABE2 #C8ABE2 #E2ABE1

triadic

#C8ABE2 #E2C8AB #ABE2C8

tetradic

#C8ABE2 #E2ACAB #C5E2AB #ABE1E2

square

#C8ABE2 #E2ACAB #C5E2AB #ABE1E2

split-complementary

#C8ABE2 #E1E2AB #ABE2AC

monochromatic

#8C50C3 #AA7ED2 #C8ABE2 #E6D8F2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABE2

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABE2	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.083 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4eb',
    500: '#c8abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abe2;
$custom-light: #d9c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78496,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABE2

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC2A6F

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABE2

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

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