#C5AECC#C5AECC

#C5AECC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.049 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AECC
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 13.71, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 18.32, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0365 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.049 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0595, 46.5026, 63.5065)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AECC #B5CCAE

analogous

#B6AECC #C5AECC #CCAEC4

triadic

#C5AECC #CCC5AE #AECCC5

tetradic

#C5AECC #CCB6AE #B5CCAE #AEC4CC

square

#C5AECC #CCB6AE #B5CCAE #AEC4CC

split-complementary

#C5AECC #C4CCAE #AECCB6

monochromatic

#8F639D #AA88B4 #C5AECC #E0D4E4 #F2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C5AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C5AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AECC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AECC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.049 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6db',
    500: '#c5aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aecc;
$custom-light: #d6c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.04895,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AECC

secondary

#E3EAE1

accent

#A1445A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AECC

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

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