#C8AEE3#C8AEE3

#C8AEE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.079 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE3
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 19.32, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 30.14, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0474 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.079 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8180, 48.0978, 79.1594)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE3 #C9E3AE

analogous

#AEAEE3 #C8AEE3 #E2AEE3

triadic

#C8AEE3 #E3C8AE #AEE3C8

tetradic

#C8AEE3 #E3AEAE #C9E3AE #AEE3E2

square

#C8AEE3 #E3AEAE #C9E3AE #AEE3E2

split-complementary

#C8AEE3 #E3E2AE #AEE3AE

monochromatic

#8A53C4 #A981D3 #C8AEE3 #E7DBF3 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C8AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE3

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE3	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.079 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6ec',
    500: '#c8aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee3;
$custom-light: #d9c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE3

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A74

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE3

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

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