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#c4aade

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
196, 170, 222
HSL
270°, 44%, 77%
CMYK
12, 23, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4576

Every format

HEX#c4aade
RGBrgb(196, 170, 222)
HSLhsl(270, 44%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 23%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(73.4 19.2 -22.7)
LCHlch(73.4 29.8 310.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.778 0.078 307.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #c4aade;
background-color: #c4aade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c4aade] bg-[#c4aade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c4aade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.769, green: 0.667, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#c4aade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c4aade on white: 2.07:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c4aade on black: 10.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red76.9%
Green66.7%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.7%
Magenta23.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#c4aade text on a black background

contrast 10.15:1

Card sample

#c4aade text on a white background

contrast 2.07:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c4aade;
Background color
Panel with #c4aade background
background-color: #c4aade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c4aade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(196, 170, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(196, 170, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c4aade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4aade, #DEAAD5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c4aade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #c4aade in the Color Lab