Lilac color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around lilac. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Lilac is #C8A2C8 — light muted purple. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and lilac color palettes to copy.

Lilac hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#C8A2C8
HEX
#C8A2C8
RGB
rgb(200, 162, 200)
HSL
hsl(300, 26%, 71%)
OKLCH
oklch(75.9% 0.068 326.2)
On white
2.22:1
On black
9.46:1

Shades of lilac

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Lilac on white measures 2.22:1 and on black 9.46:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.43:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:purple, lavender, violet, plum, indigo, eggplant. See every shade on the colors index.