#CC8AEC#CC8AEC

#CC8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.153 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8AEC
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 42.08, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 57.85, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.1061 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.153 314)
XYZ	xyz(49.1282, 37.0715, 83.9081)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8AEC #AAEC8A

analogous

#9B8AEC #CC8AEC #EC8ADB

triadic

#CC8AEC #ECCC8A #8AECCC

tetradic

#CC8AEC #EC9B8A #AAEC8A #8ADBEC

square

#CC8AEC #EC9B8A #AAEC8A #8ADBEC

split-complementary

#CC8AEC #DBEC8A #8AEC9B

monochromatic

#9D23D8 #B555E3 #CC8AEC #E3BFF5 #F4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CC8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8AEC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8AEC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA98B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.153 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadf2',
    500: '#cc8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8aec;
$custom-light: #ddadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.3707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8AEC

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D41151

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8AEC

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

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