#C8CAE6#C8CAE6

#C8CAE6 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.039 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAE6
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 12.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, 4.79, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 14.85, 288.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% 0.0083 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.039 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2198, 60.2330, 83.3538)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAE6 #E6E4C8

analogous

#C8D9E6 #C8CAE6 #D5C8E6

triadic

#C8CAE6 #E6C8CA #CAE6C8

tetradic

#C8CAE6 #E6C8D9 #E6E4C8 #C8E6D5

square

#C8CAE6 #E6C8D9 #E6E4C8 #C8E6D5

split-complementary

#C8CAE6 #E6D5C8 #D9E6C8

monochromatic

#7479C0 #9EA1D3 #C8CAE6 #EAEBF5 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8CAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C8CAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAE6

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAE6	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.039 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8daee',
    500: '#c8cae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cae6;
$custom-light: #d8daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84627,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAE6

secondary

#C0BD93

accent

#A835B0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAE6

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

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