#C8AAEC#C8AAEC

#C8AAEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.097 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAEC
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 23.42, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 37.28, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0558 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.097 305)
XYZ	xyz(53.3315, 47.0851, 85.6194)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAEC #CEECAA

analogous

#AAADEC #C8AAEC #E9AAEC

triadic

#C8AAEC #ECC8AA #AAECC8

tetradic

#C8AAEC #ECAAAD #CEECAA #AAECE9

square

#C8AAEC #ECAAAD #CEECAA #AAECE9

split-complementary

#C8AAEC #ECE9AA #ADECAA

monochromatic

#8746D6 #A878E1 #C8AAEC #E8DCF7 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8AAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C8AAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAEC

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAEC	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.097 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3f2',
    500: '#c8aaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaec;
$custom-light: #d9c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.47085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAEC

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CB1A7B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAEC

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

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