#C8AEC6#C8AEC6

#C8AEC6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.044 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEC6
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(305, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 13.59, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 16.15, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0378 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.044 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1472, 46.6295, 59.8265)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEC6 #AEC8B0

analogous

#BDAEC8 #C8AEC6 #C8AEB9

triadic

#C8AEC6 #C6C8AE #AEC6C8

tetradic

#C8AEC6 #C8BDAE #AEC8B0 #AEB9C8

square

#C8AEC6 #C8BDAE #AEC8B0 #AEB9C8

split-complementary

#C8AEC6 #B9C8AE #AEC8BD

monochromatic

#966692 #AF8AAC #C8AEC6 #E1D2E0 #F3EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEC6

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEC6	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.044 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c6d7',
    500: '#c8aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aec6;
$custom-light: #d8c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.04431,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEC6

secondary

#E2E9E3

accent

#9D4F48

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEC6

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

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