#C8ABE3#C8ABE3

#C8ABE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.084 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABE3
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 20.96, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 32.05, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0517 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.084 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2449, 46.9516, 78.9684)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABE3 #C6E3AB

analogous

#ACABE3 #C8ABE3 #E3ABE2

triadic

#C8ABE3 #E3C8AB #ABE3C8

tetradic

#C8ABE3 #E3ACAB #C6E3AB #ABE2E3

square

#C8ABE3 #E3ACAB #C6E3AB #ABE2E3

split-complementary

#C8ABE3 #E2E3AB #ABE3AC

monochromatic

#8C4FC4 #AA7DD4 #C8ABE3 #E6D9F2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C8ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABE3

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABE3	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.084 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4ec',
    500: '#c8abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abe3;
$custom-light: #d9c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABE3

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2870

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABE3

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

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