#C4AEC8#C4AEC8

#C4AEC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.044 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AEC8
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 12.60, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 16.26, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.034 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.044 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3248, 46.1786, 61.0000)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AEC8 #B2C8AE

analogous

#B7AEC8 #C4AEC8 #C8AEBF

triadic

#C4AEC8 #C8C4AE #AEC8C4

tetradic

#C4AEC8 #C8B7AE #B2C8AE #AEBFC8

square

#C4AEC8 #C8B7AE #B2C8AE #AEBFC8

split-complementary

#C4AEC8 #BFC8AE #AEC8B7

monochromatic

#8E6696 #A98AAF #C4AEC8 #DFD2E1 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C4AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AEC8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AEC8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.044 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6d8',
    500: '#c4aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aec8;
$custom-light: #d6c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.04374,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AEC8

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9D4855

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AEC8

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

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