#C8AAE5#C8AAE5

#C8AAE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.088 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE5
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 21.93, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 33.71, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0538 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.088 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3344, 46.6863, 80.3679)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE5 #C7E5AA

analogous

#AAAAE5 #C8AAE5 #E5AAE5

triadic

#C8AAE5 #E5C8AA #AAE5C8

tetradic

#C8AAE5 #E5AAAA #C7E5AA #AAE5E5

square

#C8AAE5 #E5AAAA #C7E5AA #AAE5E5

split-complementary

#C8AAE5 #E5E5AA #AAE5AA

monochromatic

#8B4CC8 #AA7BD7 #C8AAE5 #E6D9F3 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C8AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE5

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE5	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.088 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ed',
    500: '#c8aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae5;
$custom-light: #d9c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE5

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C12571

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE5

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

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