#C8AAE2#C8AAE2

#C8AAE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.084 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE2
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 21.31, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 32.18, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0529 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.084 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9192, 46.5202, 78.1809)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE2 #C4E2AA

analogous

#ACAAE2 #C8AAE2 #E2AAE0

triadic

#C8AAE2 #E2C8AA #AAE2C8

tetradic

#C8AAE2 #E2ACAA #C4E2AA #AAE0E2

square

#C8AAE2 #E2ACAA #C4E2AA #AAE0E2

split-complementary

#C8AAE2 #E0E2AA #AAE2AC

monochromatic

#8D4FC3 #AA7CD2 #C8AAE2 #E6D8F2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE2

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE2	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)

#A1B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.084 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3eb',
    500: '#c8aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae2;
$custom-light: #d9c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7831,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE2

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC296D

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE2

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

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