#C8AAE1#C8AAE1

#C8AAE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE1
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 21.10, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 31.68, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0526 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.083 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7823, 46.4655, 77.4603)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE1 #C3E1AA

analogous

#ACAAE1 #C8AAE1 #E1AADF

triadic

#C8AAE1 #E1C8AA #AAE1C8

tetradic

#C8AAE1 #E1ACAA #C3E1AA #AADFE1

square

#C8AAE1 #E1ACAA #C3E1AA #AADFE1

split-complementary

#C8AAE1 #DFE1AA #AAE1AC

monochromatic

#8D50C1 #AB7DD1 #C8AAE1 #E5D7F1 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE1

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE1	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ea',
    500: '#c8aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae1;
$custom-light: #d9c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE1

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6C

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE1

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

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