#C2AAEE#C2AAEE

#C2AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AAEE
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 22.01, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 37.87, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0496 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.098 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0522, 46.3917, 87.0846)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AAEE #D6EEAA

analogous

#AAB4EE #C2AAEE #E4AAEE

triadic

#C2AAEE #EEC2AA #AAEEC2

tetradic

#C2AAEE #EEAAB4 #D6EEAA #AAEEE4

square

#C2AAEE #EEAAB4 #D6EEAA #AAEEE4

split-complementary

#C2AAEE #EEE4AA #B4EEAA

monochromatic

#7944DA #9D77E4 #C2AAEE #E7DDF8 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C2AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C2AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AAEE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AAEE	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c3f3',
    500: '#c2aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aaee;
$custom-light: #d5c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78267,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AAEE

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178E

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AAEE

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

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