#C6AAEE#C6AAEE

#C6AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.099 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AAEE
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(265, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 23.23, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 38.15, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0541 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.099 303)
XYZ	xyz(53.0929, 46.9283, 87.1334)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AAEE #D2EEAA

analogous

#AAB0EE #C6AAEE #E8AAEE

triadic

#C6AAEE #EEC6AA #AAEEC6

tetradic

#C6AAEE #EEAAB0 #D2EEAA #AAEEE8

square

#C6AAEE #EEAAB0 #D2EEAA #AAEEE8

split-complementary

#C6AAEE #EEE8AA #B0EEAA

monochromatic

#8244DA #A477E4 #C6AAEE #E8DDF8 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C6AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C6AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AAEE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AAEE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.099 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c3f3',
    500: '#c6aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aaee;
$custom-light: #d8c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.46928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AAEE

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1783

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AAEE

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

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