#C8CAE8#C8CAE8

#C8CAE8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.042 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAE8
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 41%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, 5.20, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 15.91, 289.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% 0.009 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.042 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5022, 60.3460, 84.8414)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAE8 #E8E6C8

analogous

#C8DAE8 #C8CAE8 #D6C8E8

triadic

#C8CAE8 #E8C8CA #CAE8C8

tetradic

#C8CAE8 #E8C8DA #E8E6C8 #C8E8D6

square

#C8CAE8 #E8C8DA #E8E6C8 #C8E8D6

split-complementary

#C8CAE8 #E8D6C8 #DAE8C8

monochromatic

#7277C4 #9DA0D6 #C8CAE8 #E9EAF6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8CAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#C8CAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAE8

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAE8	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.042 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9daef',
    500: '#c8cae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cae8;
$custom-light: #d9daef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84695,
    "c": 0.04164,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAE8

secondary

#C2BF92

accent

#AC31B4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAE8

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

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