#C4AECA#C4AECA

#C4AECA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.046 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AECA
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(287, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 12.98, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 17.20, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0347 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.046 319)
XYZ	xyz(48.5601, 46.2727, 62.2390)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AECA #B4CAAE

analogous

#B6AECA #C4AECA #CAAEC2

triadic

#C4AECA #CAC4AE #AECAC4

tetradic

#C4AECA #CAB6AE #B4CAAE #AEC2CA

square

#C4AECA #CAB6AE #B4CAAE #AEC2CA

split-complementary

#C4AECA #C2CAAE #AECAB6

monochromatic

#8E6499 #A989B2 #C4AECA #DFD3E2 #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C4AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AECA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AECA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.046 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6da',
    500: '#c4aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aeca;
$custom-light: #d6c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.04604,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AECA

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9F4659

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AECA

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

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