#C8AEEC#C8AEEC

#C8AEEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.090 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEEC
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(265, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 21.22, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 34.76, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.05 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.09 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0928, 48.6077, 85.8731)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEEC #D2ECAE

analogous

#AEB3EC #C8AEEC #E7AEEC

triadic

#C8AEEC #ECC8AE #AEECC8

tetradic

#C8AEEC #ECAEB3 #D2ECAE #AEECE7

square

#C8AEEC #ECAEB3 #D2ECAE #AEECE7

split-complementary

#C8AEEC #ECE7AE #B3ECAE

monochromatic

#854BD5 #A67CE0 #C8AEEC #EAE0F8 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEEC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEEC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.090 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6f2',
    500: '#c8aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aeec;
$custom-light: #d9c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79448,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEEC

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1C81

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEEC

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

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