#C8AEE8#C8AEE8

#C8AEE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.085 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE8
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(267, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 20.37, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 32.70, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.0489 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.085 305)
XYZ	xyz(53.5182, 48.3778, 82.8467)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE8 #CEE8AE

analogous

#AEB1E8 #C8AEE8 #E5AEE8

triadic

#C8AEE8 #E8C8AE #AEE8C8

tetradic

#C8AEE8 #E8AEB1 #CEE8AE #AEE8E5

square

#C8AEE8 #E8AEB1 #CEE8AE #AEE8E5

split-complementary

#C8AEE8 #E8E5AE #B1E8AE

monochromatic

#874FCD #A87EDA #C8AEE8 #E8DEF6 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C8AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE8

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE8	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.085 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6ef',
    500: '#c8aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee8;
$custom-light: #d9c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.48378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE8

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE8

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

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