#E8CAEE#E8CAEE

#E8CAEE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.058 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CAEE
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(290, 51%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, 16.78, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 21.75, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% 0.0452 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.058 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.8297, 65.5708, 89.8502)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CAEE #D0EECA

analogous

#D6CAEE #E8CAEE #EECAE2

triadic

#E8CAEE #EEE8CA #CAEEE8

tetradic

#E8CAEE #EED6CA #D0EECA #CAE2EE

square

#E8CAEE #EED6CA #D0EECA #CAE2EE

split-complementary

#E8CAEE #E2EECA #CAEED6

monochromatic

#C06DD0 #D49CDF #E8CAEE #F5E8F8 #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E8CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CAEE

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CAEE	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.058 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdaf3',
    500: '#e8caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8caee;
$custom-light: #efdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87519,
    "c": 0.05847,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CAEE

secondary

#9BCB91

accent

#BF2740

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFBFE

border

#D6D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#858385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CAEE

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

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