#C8AFE5#C8AFE5

#C8AFE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.080 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AFE5
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 19.19, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 30.53, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0465 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.08 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2896, 48.5966, 80.6863)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AFE5 #CCE5AF

analogous

#AFB1E5 #C8AFE5 #E3AFE5

triadic

#C8AFE5 #E5C8AF #AFE5C8

tetradic

#C8AFE5 #E5AFB1 #CCE5AF #AFE5E3

square

#C8AFE5 #E5AFB1 #CCE5AF #AFE5E3

split-complementary

#C8AFE5 #E5E3AF #B1E5AF

monochromatic

#8853C7 #A881D6 #C8AFE5 #E8DDF4 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C8AFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C8AFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AFE5

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AFE5	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)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.080 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c7ed',
    500: '#c8afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8afe5;
$custom-light: #d9c7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79361,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AFE5

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BE2778

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AFE5

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

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