#C8CAE2#C8CAE2

#C8CAE2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.033 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAE2
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(235, 31%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, 3.97, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 12.73, 288.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.0069 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.033 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6645, 60.0109, 80.4293)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAE2 #E2E0C8

analogous

#C8D7E2 #C8CAE2 #D3C8E2

triadic

#C8CAE2 #E2C8CA #CAE2C8

tetradic

#C8CAE2 #E2C8D7 #E2E0C8 #C8E2D3

square

#C8CAE2 #E2C8D7 #E2E0C8 #C8E2D3

split-complementary

#C8CAE2 #E2D3C8 #D7E2C8

monochromatic

#787DB8 #A0A3CD #C8CAE2 #EBECF4 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#C8CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAE2

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAE2	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.033 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8daeb',
    500: '#c8cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cae2;
$custom-light: #d8daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84492,
    "c": 0.03332,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAE2

secondary

#BAB794

accent

#A13CAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAE2

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

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