#C8AAE8#C8AAE8

#C8AAE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE8
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 22.56, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 35.23, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0546 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.092 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7569, 46.8553, 82.5929)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE8 #CAE8AA

analogous

#AAABE8 #C8AAE8 #E7AAE8

triadic

#C8AAE8 #E8C8AA #AAE8C8

tetradic

#C8AAE8 #E8AAAB #CAE8AA #AAE8E7

square

#C8AAE8 #E8AAAB #CAE8AA #AAE8E7

split-complementary

#C8AAE8 #E8E7AA #ABE8AA

monochromatic

#8A4ACE #A97ADB #C8AAE8 #E7DAF5 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#C8AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE8

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE8	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3ef',
    500: '#c8aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae8;
$custom-light: #d9c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78547,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE8

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C52175

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE8

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

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