#C3AAEE#C3AAEE

#C3AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.098 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AAEE
RGB	rgb(195, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(262, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 22.32, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.94, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0507 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.098 301)
XYZ	xyz(52.3098, 46.5245, 87.0966)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AAEE #D5EEAA

analogous

#AAB3EE #C3AAEE #E5AAEE

triadic

#C3AAEE #EEC3AA #AAEEC3

tetradic

#C3AAEE #EEAAB3 #D5EEAA #AAEEE5

square

#C3AAEE #EEAAB3 #D5EEAA #AAEEE5

split-complementary

#C3AAEE #EEE5AA #B3EEAA

monochromatic

#7B44DA #9F77E4 #C3AAEE #E7DDF8 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C3AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C3AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AAEE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AAEE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.098 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c3f3',
    500: '#c3aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aaee;
$custom-light: #d6c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.46525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AAEE

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AAEE

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

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