#C8AEC9#C8AEC9

#C8AEC9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.047 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEC9
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 14.16, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 17.47, 324.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0388 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.047 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4967, 46.7692, 61.6669)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEC9 #AFC9AE

analogous

#BAAEC9 #C8AEC9 #C9AEBC

triadic

#C8AEC9 #C9C8AE #AEC9C8

tetradic

#C8AEC9 #C9BAAE #AFC9AE #AEBCC9

square

#C8AEC9 #C9BAAE #AFC9AE #AEBCC9

split-complementary

#C8AEC9 #BCC9AE #AEC9BA

monochromatic

#966598 #AF89B1 #C8AEC9 #E1D3E1 #F3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8AEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C8AEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEC9

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEC9	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.047 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c6d9',
    500: '#c8aec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aec9;
$custom-light: #d8c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78163,
    "c": 0.04746,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEC9

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#9E474A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEC9

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

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