#C8AEE5#C8AEE5

#C8AEE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.081 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE5
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 19.74, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 31.16, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.048 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.081 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0957, 48.2088, 80.6216)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE5 #CBE5AE

analogous

#AEB0E5 #C8AEE5 #E4AEE5

triadic

#C8AEE5 #E5C8AE #AEE5C8

tetradic

#C8AEE5 #E5AEB0 #CBE5AE #AEE5E4

square

#C8AEE5 #E5AEB0 #CBE5AE #AEE5E4

split-complementary

#C8AEE5 #E5E4AE #B0E5AE

monochromatic

#8951C7 #A980D6 #C8AEE5 #E7DCF4 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8AEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8AEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE5

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE5	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.081 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6ed',
    500: '#c8aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee5;
$custom-light: #d9c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE5

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2777

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE5

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

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