#C8AEE0#C8AEE0

#C8AEE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.075 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE0
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 22%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 18.70, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 28.62, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0465 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.075 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4076, 47.9336, 76.9978)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE0 #C6E0AE

analogous

#AFAEE0 #C8AEE0 #E0AEDF

triadic

#C8AEE0 #E0C8AE #AEE0C8

tetradic

#C8AEE0 #E0AFAE #C6E0AE #AEDFE0

square

#C8AEE0 #E0AFAE #C6E0AE #AEDFE0

split-complementary

#C8AEE0 #DFE0AE #AEE0AF

monochromatic

#8C55BE #AA82CF #C8AEE0 #E6DAF1 #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C8AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE0

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE0	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.075 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6e9',
    500: '#c8aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee0;
$custom-light: #d9c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE0

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B82E70

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE0

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

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