#C8AAE3#C8AAE3

#C8AAE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.086 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE3
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 21.51, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 32.69, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0532 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.086 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0568, 46.5752, 78.9057)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE3 #C5E3AA

analogous

#ABAAE3 #C8AAE3 #E3AAE1

triadic

#C8AAE3 #E3C8AA #AAE3C8

tetradic

#C8AAE3 #E3ABAA #C5E3AA #AAE1E3

square

#C8AAE3 #E3ABAA #C5E3AA #AAE1E3

split-complementary

#C8AAE3 #E1E3AA #AAE3AB

monochromatic

#8C4EC5 #AA7CD4 #C8AAE3 #E6D8F2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C8AAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE3

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE3	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.086 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ec',
    500: '#c8aae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae3;
$custom-light: #d9c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78349,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE3

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE286F

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE3

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

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