#C8AAE9#C8AAE9

#C8AAE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.093 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAE9
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 22.78, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 35.74, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0549 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.093 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8993, 46.9123, 83.3431)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAE9 #CBE9AA

analogous

#AAACE9 #C8AAE9 #E8AAE9

triadic

#C8AAE9 #E9C8AA #AAE9C8

tetradic

#C8AAE9 #E9AAAC #CBE9AA #AAE9E8

square

#C8AAE9 #E9AAAC #CBE9AA #AAE9E8

split-complementary

#C8AAE9 #E9E8AA #ACE9AA

monochromatic

#8949D0 #A979DC #C8AAE9 #E7DBF6 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAE9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAE9	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.093 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3f0',
    500: '#c8aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aae9;
$custom-light: #d9c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAE9

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C71F77

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAE9

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

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