#C8AAE7#C8AAE7

#C8AAE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.091 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE7
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 22.35, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 34.72, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0544 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.091 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6152, 46.7986, 81.8470)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE7 #C9E7AA

analogous

#AAAAE7 #C8AAE7 #E6AAE7

triadic

#C8AAE7 #E7C8AA #AAE7C8

tetradic

#C8AAE7 #E7AAAA #C9E7AA #AAE7E6

square

#C8AAE7 #E7AAAA #C9E7AA #AAE7E6

split-complementary

#C8AAE7 #E7E6AA #AAE7AA

monochromatic

#8A4BCC #A97ADA #C8AAE7 #E7DAF4 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C8AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE7

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE7	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.091 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ee',
    500: '#c8aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae7;
$custom-light: #d9c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78507,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE7

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32274

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE7

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

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