#C8AEE2#C8AEE2

#C8AEE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.078 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE2
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 19.11, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 29.63, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% 0.0471 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.078 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6804, 48.0427, 78.4347)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE2 #C8E2AE

analogous

#AEAEE2 #C8AEE2 #E2AEE2

triadic

#C8AEE2 #E2C8AE #AEE2C8

tetradic

#C8AEE2 #E2AEAE #C8E2AE #AEE2E2

square

#C8AEE2 #E2AEAE #C8E2AE #AEE2E2

split-complementary

#C8AEE2 #E2E2AE #AEE2AE

monochromatic

#8B54C2 #A981D2 #C8AEE2 #E7DBF2 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C8AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.078 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6eb',
    500: '#c8aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee2;
$custom-light: #d9c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79058,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE2

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B73

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE2

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

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