#C4AAEE#C4AAEE

#C4AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.099 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AAEE
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 22.62, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 38.01, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0518 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.099 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5691, 46.6582, 87.1088)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AAEE #D4EEAA

analogous

#AAB2EE #C4AAEE #E6AAEE

triadic

#C4AAEE #EEC4AA #AAEEC4

tetradic

#C4AAEE #EEAAB2 #D4EEAA #AAEEE6

square

#C4AAEE #EEAAB2 #D4EEAA #AAEEE6

split-complementary

#C4AAEE #EEE6AA #B2EEAA

monochromatic

#7D44DA #A177E4 #C4AAEE #E7DDF8 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C4AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AAEE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AAEE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.099 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c3f3',
    500: '#c4aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aaee;
$custom-light: #d6c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AAEE

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1788

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AAEE

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

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