#C8AAEB#C8AAEB

#C8AAEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.096 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAEB
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 23.20, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 36.77, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0555 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.096 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1866, 47.0272, 84.8563)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAEB #CDEBAA

analogous

#AAADEB #C8AAEB #E9AAEB

triadic

#C8AAEB #EBC8AA #AAEBC8

tetradic

#C8AAEB #EBAAAD #CDEBAA #AAEBE9

square

#C8AAEB #EBAAAD #CDEBAA #AAEBE9

split-complementary

#C8AAEB #EBE9AA #ADEBAA

monochromatic

#8847D4 #A878DF #C8AAEB #E8DCF7 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8AAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C8AAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAEB

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAEB	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.096 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3f1',
    500: '#c8aaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaeb;
$custom-light: #d9c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAEB

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1C79

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAEB

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

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