#C4AEDE#C4AEDE

#C4AEDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.071 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AEDE
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 17.00, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 27.20, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0414 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.071 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0834, 47.2820, 75.5282)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AEDE #C8DEAE

analogous

#AEB0DE #C4AEDE #DCAEDE

triadic

#C4AEDE #DEC4AE #AEDEC4

tetradic

#C4AEDE #DEAEB0 #C8DEAE #AEDEDC

square

#C4AEDE #DEAEB0 #C8DEAE #AEDEDC

split-complementary

#C4AEDE #DEDCAE #B0DEAE

monochromatic

#8557BB #A483CC #C4AEDE #E4D9F0 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#C4AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AEDE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AEDE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.071 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6e8',
    500: '#c4aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aede;
$custom-light: #d6c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AEDE

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B53078

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FC

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AEDE

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

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