#C8CAE4#C8CAE4

#C8CAE4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.036 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAE4
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(236, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, 4.38, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 13.79, 288.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% 0.0076 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.036 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9405, 60.1213, 81.8831)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAE4 #E4E2C8

analogous

#C8D8E4 #C8CAE4 #D4C8E4

triadic

#C8CAE4 #E4C8CA #CAE4C8

tetradic

#C8CAE4 #E4C8D8 #E4E2C8 #C8E4D4

square

#C8CAE4 #E4C8D8 #E4E2C8 #C8E4D4

split-complementary

#C8CAE4 #E4D4C8 #D8E4C8

monochromatic

#767BBC #9FA2D0 #C8CAE4 #EAEBF5 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#C8CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAE4

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAE4	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.036 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8daec',
    500: '#c8cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cae4;
$custom-light: #d8daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84559,
    "c": 0.03609,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAE4

secondary

#BDBA93

accent

#A539AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAE4

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

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