#C8AEE4#C8AEE4

#C8AEE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.080 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE4
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(269, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 19.53, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 30.65, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0477 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.08 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9565, 48.1531, 79.8884)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE4 #CAE4AE

analogous

#AEAFE4 #C8AEE4 #E3AEE4

triadic

#C8AEE4 #E4C8AE #AEE4C8

tetradic

#C8AEE4 #E4AEAF #CAE4AE #AEE4E3

square

#C8AEE4 #E4AEAF #CAE4AE #AEE4E3

split-complementary

#C8AEE4 #E4E3AE #AFE4AE

monochromatic

#8A52C5 #A980D5 #C8AEE4 #E7DCF3 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE4

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE4	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.080 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6ec',
    500: '#c8aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee4;
$custom-light: #d9c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE4

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2876

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE4

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

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