#C8AAE0#C8AAE0

#C8AAE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.082 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE0
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 20.89, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 31.18, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0523 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.082 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6463, 46.4111, 76.7440)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE0 #C2E0AA

analogous

#ADAAE0 #C8AAE0 #E0AADD

triadic

#C8AAE0 #E0C8AA #AAE0C8

tetradic

#C8AAE0 #E0ADAA #C2E0AA #AADDE0

square

#C8AAE0 #E0ADAA #C2E0AA #AADDE0

split-complementary

#C8AAE0 #DDE0AA #AAE0AD

monochromatic

#8E50BF #AB7DD0 #C8AAE0 #E5D7F0 #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C8AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE0

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE0	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.082 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3e9',
    500: '#c8aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae0;
$custom-light: #d9c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78233,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE0

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2C6B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE0

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

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