#C8ACE2#C8ACE2

#C8ACE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.081 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ACE2
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 20.21, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 30.91, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.05 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.081 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2969, 47.2757, 78.3068)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ACE2 #C6E2AC

analogous

#ADACE2 #C8ACE2 #E2ACE1

triadic

#C8ACE2 #E2C8AC #ACE2C8

tetradic

#C8ACE2 #E2ADAC #C6E2AC #ACE1E2

square

#C8ACE2 #E2ADAC #C6E2AC #ACE1E2

split-complementary

#C8ACE2 #E1E2AC #ACE2AD

monochromatic

#8C51C2 #AA7FD2 #C8ACE2 #E6D9F2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#C8ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ACE2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ACE2	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.081 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4eb',
    500: '#c8ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ace2;
$custom-light: #d9c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78683,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ACE2

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A70

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ACE2

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

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