#C8AAEE#C8AAEE

#C8AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.100 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAEE
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, 23.85, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 38.31, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0563 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.1 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6237, 47.2020, 87.1582)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAEE #D0EEAA

analogous

#AAAEEE #C8AAEE #EAAAEE

triadic

#C8AAEE #EEC8AA #AAEEC8

tetradic

#C8AAEE #EEAAAE #D0EEAA #AAEEEA

square

#C8AAEE #EEAAAE #D0EEAA #AAEEEA

split-complementary

#C8AAEE #EEEAAA #AEEEAA

monochromatic

#8644DA #A777E4 #C8AAEE #E9DDF8 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C8AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAEE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAEE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.100 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3f3',
    500: '#c8aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaee;
$custom-light: #d9c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAEE

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF177E

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAEE

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

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