#CAC8E6#CAC8E6

#CAC8E6 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.042 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8E6
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 6.50, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 15.96, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% 0.0132 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.042 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2913, 59.5778, 83.2236)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8E6 #E4E6C8

analogous

#C8D5E6 #CAC8E6 #D9C8E6

triadic

#CAC8E6 #E6CAC8 #C8E6CA

tetradic

#CAC8E6 #E6C8D5 #E4E6C8 #C8E6D9

square

#CAC8E6 #E6C8D5 #E4E6C8 #C8E6D9

split-complementary

#CAC8E6 #E6D9C8 #D5E6C8

monochromatic

#7974C0 #A19ED3 #CAC8E6 #EBEAF5 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CAC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CAC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8E6

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8E6	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.042 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8ee',
    500: '#cac8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8e6;
$custom-light: #dad8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84385,
    "c": 0.04152,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8E6

secondary

#BDC093

accent

#B035A8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8E6

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

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