#C8AED8#C8AED8

#C8AED8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.065 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AED8
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 17.07, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 24.60, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0439 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.065 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3481, 47.5098, 71.4177)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AED8 #BED8AE

analogous

#B3AED8 #C8AED8 #D8AED3

triadic

#C8AED8 #D8C8AE #AED8C8

tetradic

#C8AED8 #D8B3AE #BED8AE #AED3D8

square

#C8AED8 #D8B3AE #BED8AE #AED3D8

split-complementary

#C8AED8 #D3D8AE #AED8B3

monochromatic

#905BB0 #AC85C4 #C8AED8 #E4D7EC #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C8AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AED8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AED8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.065 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6e4',
    500: '#c8aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aed8;
$custom-light: #d9c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78686,
    "c": 0.06496,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AED8

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#AE3865

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AED8

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

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