#CC8AEE#CC8AEE

#CC8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.155 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8AEE
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 42.50, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 58.81, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.1065 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.155 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4204, 37.1884, 85.4470)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8AEE #ACEE8A

analogous

#9A8AEE #CC8AEE #EE8ADE

triadic

#CC8AEE #EECC8A #8AEECC

tetradic

#CC8AEE #EE9A8A #ACEE8A #8ADEEE

square

#CC8AEE #EE9A8A #ACEE8A #8ADEEE

split-complementary

#CC8AEE #DEEE8A #8AEE9A

monochromatic

#9D20DD #B555E6 #CC8AEE #E3BFF6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CC8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8AEE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8AEE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.155 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadf4',
    500: '#cc8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8aee;
$custom-light: #ddadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8AEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D70F53

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8AEE

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

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