#C8AED5#C8AED5

#C8AED5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.061 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AED5
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 18%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 16.48, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 23.12, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% 0.0429 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.061 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9638, 47.3561, 69.3937)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AED5 #BBD5AE

analogous

#B4AED5 #C8AED5 #D5AECE

triadic

#C8AED5 #D5C8AE #AED5C8

tetradic

#C8AED5 #D5B4AE #BBD5AE #AECED5

square

#C8AED5 #D5B4AE #BBD5AE #AECED5

split-complementary

#C8AED5 #CED5AE #AED5B4

monochromatic

#915DAB #AD86C0 #C8AED5 #E3D6EA #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C8AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AED5

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AED5	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.061 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6e2',
    500: '#c8aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aed5;
$custom-light: #d9c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AED5

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AA3B60

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AED5

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

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