#C8AAED#C8AAED

#C8AAED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.098 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAED
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 23.63, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 37.79, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.056 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.098 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4772, 47.1434, 86.3867)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAED #CFEDAA

analogous

#AAADED #C8AAED #EAAAED

triadic

#C8AAED #EDC8AA #AAEDC8

tetradic

#C8AAED #EDAAAD #CFEDAA #AAEDEA

square

#C8AAED #EDAAAD #CFEDAA #AAEDEA

split-complementary

#C8AAED #EDEAAA #ADEDAA

monochromatic

#8745D8 #A777E2 #C8AAED #E9DDF8 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C8AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAED

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAED	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.098 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3f3',
    500: '#c8aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaed;
$custom-light: #d9c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.866,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78749,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAED

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD197C

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAED

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

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