#C8AAE6#C8AAE6

#C8AAE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.089 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE6
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 22.14, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 34.21, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0541 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.089 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4744, 46.7423, 81.1053)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE6 #C8E6AA

analogous

#AAAAE6 #C8AAE6 #E6AAE6

triadic

#C8AAE6 #E6C8AA #AAE6C8

tetradic

#C8AAE6 #E6AAAA #C8E6AA #AAE6E6

square

#C8AAE6 #E6AAAA #C8E6AA #AAE6E6

split-complementary

#C8AAE6 #E6E6AA #AAE6AA

monochromatic

#8B4BCA #A97BD8 #C8AAE6 #E7D9F4 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C8AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE6

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE6	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.089 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ee',
    500: '#c8aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae6;
$custom-light: #d9c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78467,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE6

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C22373

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE6

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

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