#C8ABE5#C8ABE5

#C8ABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.086 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABE5
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, 21.38, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 33.07, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0523 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.086 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5226, 47.0626, 80.4306)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABE5 #C8E5AB

analogous

#ABABE5 #C8ABE5 #E5ABE5

triadic

#C8ABE5 #E5C8AB #ABE5C8

tetradic

#C8ABE5 #E5ABAB #C8E5AB #ABE5E5

square

#C8ABE5 #E5ABAB #C8E5AB #ABE5E5

split-complementary

#C8ABE5 #E5E5AB #ABE5AB

monochromatic

#8B4EC8 #A97CD7 #C8ABE5 #E7DAF3 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C8ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABE5

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABE5	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.086 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4ed',
    500: '#c8abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8abe5;
$custom-light: #d9c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78613,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABE5

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02573

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABE5

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

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