#C8AEC5#C8AEC5

#C8AEC5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.043 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEC5
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(307, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(307, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 13.41, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 15.73, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0374 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.043 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0323, 46.5835, 59.2210)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEC5 #AEC8B1

analogous

#BEAEC8 #C8AEC5 #C8AEB8

triadic

#C8AEC5 #C5C8AE #AEC5C8

tetradic

#C8AEC5 #C8BEAE #AEC8B1 #AEB8C8

square

#C8AEC5 #C8BEAE #AEC8B1 #AEB8C8

split-complementary

#C8AEC5 #B8C8AE #AEC8BE

monochromatic

#966690 #AF8AAB #C8AEC5 #E1D2DF #F3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C8AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEC5

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEC5	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.043 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c6d6',
    500: '#c8aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aec5;
$custom-light: #d8c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78031,
    "c": 0.04331,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEC5

secondary

#E2E9E3

accent

#9D5248

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEC5

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

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