#C8B5FA#C8B5FA

#C8B5FA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.098 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B5FA
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(257, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 20.45, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 37.71, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0441 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.098 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5948, 52.2288, 97.4708)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B5FA #E7FAB5

analogous

#B5C5FA #C8B5FA #EBB5FA

triadic

#C8B5FA #FAC8B5 #B5FAC8

tetradic

#C8B5FA #FAB5C5 #E7FAB5 #B5FAEB

square

#C8B5FA #FAB5C5 #E7FAB5 #B5FAEB

split-complementary

#C8B5FA #FAEBB5 #C5FAB5

monochromatic

#7342F2 #9D7CF6 #C8B5FA #EAE2FD #EAE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C8B5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C8B5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B5FA

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B5FA	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C0FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.098 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbfc',
    500: '#c8b5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b5fa;
$custom-light: #d9cbfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B5FA

secondary

#C1DE75

accent

#E402A6

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#151317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B5FA

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

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