#C4AAEF#C4AAEF

#C4AAEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AAEF
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, 22.84, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 38.53, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0521 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.1 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7164, 46.7172, 87.8847)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AAEF #D5EFAA

analogous

#AAB2EF #C4AAEF #E7AAEF

triadic

#C4AAEF #EFC4AA #AAEFC4

tetradic

#C4AAEF #EFAAB2 #D5EFAA #AAEFE7

square

#C4AAEF #EFAAB2 #D5EFAA #AAEFE7

split-complementary

#C4AAEF #EFE7AA #B2EFAA

monochromatic

#7C43DC #A076E5 #C4AAEF #E8DEF9 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C4AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AAEF

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AAEF	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c3f4',
    500: '#c4aaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aaef;
$custom-light: #d6c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.609,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AAEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0158A

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AAEF

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

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