#C8AEC8#C8AEC8

#C8AEC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.046 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEC8
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, 13.97, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 17.02, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0385 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.046 326)
XYZ	xyz(49.3794, 46.7223, 61.0494)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEC8 #AEC8AE

analogous

#BBAEC8 #C8AEC8 #C8AEBB

triadic

#C8AEC8 #C8C8AE #AEC8C8

tetradic

#C8AEC8 #C8BBAE #AEC8AE #AEBBC8

square

#C8AEC8 #C8BBAE #AEC8AE #AEBBC8

split-complementary

#C8AEC8 #BBC8AE #AEC8BB

monochromatic

#966696 #AF8AAF #C8AEC8 #E1D2E1 #F3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C8AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEC8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEC8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.046 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c6d8',
    500: '#c8aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aec8;
$custom-light: #d8c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7813,
    "c": 0.04639,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.46722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEC8

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#9D4848

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEC8

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

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