#C8AEE9#C8AEE9

#C8AEE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.087 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEE9
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 20.58, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 33.21, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0492 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.087 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6606, 48.4348, 83.5969)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEE9 #CFE9AE

analogous

#AEB1E9 #C8AEE9 #E6AEE9

triadic

#C8AEE9 #E9C8AE #AEE9C8

tetradic

#C8AEE9 #E9AEB1 #CFE9AE #AEE9E6

square

#C8AEE9 #E9AEB1 #CFE9AE #AEE9E6

split-complementary

#C8AEE9 #E9E6AE #B1E9AE

monochromatic

#874ECF #A77EDC #C8AEE9 #E9DEF6 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C8AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEE9

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEE9	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.087 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6f0',
    500: '#c8aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aee9;
$custom-light: #d9c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEE9

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C5217C

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEE9

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

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