#C8ABE4#C8ABE4

#C8ABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.085 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABE4
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 21.17, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 32.56, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.052 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.085 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3834, 47.0069, 79.6974)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABE4 #C7E4AB

analogous

#ABABE4 #C8ABE4 #E4ABE3

triadic

#C8ABE4 #E4C8AB #ABE4C8

tetradic

#C8ABE4 #E4ABAB #C7E4AB #ABE3E4

square

#C8ABE4 #E4ABAB #C7E4AB #ABE3E4

split-complementary

#C8ABE4 #E3E4AB #ABE4AB

monochromatic

#8B4EC6 #AA7DD5 #C8ABE4 #E6D9F3 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C8ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABE4

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABE4	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.085 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4ec',
    500: '#c8abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abe4;
$custom-light: #d9c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABE4

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF2771

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABE4

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

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