#C8AAE4#C8AAE4

#C8AAE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.087 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE4
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 21.72, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 33.20, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0535 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.087 308)
XYZ	xyz(52.1952, 46.6306, 79.6346)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE4 #C6E4AA

analogous

#ABAAE4 #C8AAE4 #E4AAE3

triadic

#C8AAE4 #E4C8AA #AAE4C8

tetradic

#C8AAE4 #E4ABAA #C6E4AA #AAE3E4

square

#C8AAE4 #E4ABAA #C6E4AA #AAE3E4

split-complementary

#C8AAE4 #E3E4AA #AAE4AB

monochromatic

#8C4DC6 #AA7CD5 #C8AAE4 #E6D8F3 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE4

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE4	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.087 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ec',
    500: '#c8aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae4;
$custom-light: #d9c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.4663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE4

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF2670

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE4

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

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