#C8ACEE#C8ACEE

#C8ACEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.096 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ACEE
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, 22.75, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 37.05, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0535 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.096 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0015, 47.9576, 87.2842)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ACEE #D2EEAC

analogous

#ACB1EE #C8ACEE #E9ACEE

triadic

#C8ACEE #EEC8AC #ACEEC8

tetradic

#C8ACEE #EEACB1 #D2EEAC #ACEEE9

square

#C8ACEE #EEACB1 #D2EEAC #ACEEE9

split-complementary

#C8ACEE #EEE9AC #B1EEAC

monochromatic

#8546D9 #A679E4 #C8ACEE #EADFF8 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C8ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ACEE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ACEE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.096 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c5f3',
    500: '#c8acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8acee;
$custom-light: #d9c5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79158,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ACEE

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CE1881

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ACEE

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

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