#C8AEC4#C8AEC4

#C8AEC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.042 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEC4
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(309, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 13.22, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 15.31, 329.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.037 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.042 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9181, 46.5378, 58.6196)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEC4 #AEC8B2

analogous

#BFAEC8 #C8AEC4 #C8AEB7

triadic

#C8AEC4 #C4C8AE #AEC4C8

tetradic

#C8AEC4 #C8BFAE #AEC8B2 #AEB7C8

square

#C8AEC4 #C8BFAE #AEC8B2 #AEB7C8

split-complementary

#C8AEC4 #B7C8AE #AEC8BF

monochromatic

#96668E #AF8AA9 #C8AEC4 #E1D2DF #F3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C8AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEC4

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEC4	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.042 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c6d5',
    500: '#c8aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aec4;
$custom-light: #d8c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.04232,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEC4

secondary

#E2E9E3

accent

#9D5548

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEC4

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

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