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#c8ace4

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

RGB
200, 172, 228
HSL
270°, 51%, 78%
CMYK
12, 25, 0, 11
Luminance
0.4739

Every format

HEX#c8ace4
RGBrgb(200, 172, 228)
HSLhsl(270, 51%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 25%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(74.4 20.6 -24.4)
LCHlch(74.4 31.9 310.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.788 0.084 307.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #c8ace4;
background-color: #c8ace4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c8ace4] bg-[#c8ace4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c8ace4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.784, green: 0.675, blue: 0.894)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#c8ace4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c8ace4 on white: 2.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c8ace4 on black: 10.48:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red78.4%
Green67.5%
Blue89.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.3%
Magenta24.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)10.6%

Color previews

#c8ace4 text on a black background

contrast 10.48:1

Card sample

#c8ace4 text on a white background

contrast 2.00:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c8ace4;
Background color
Panel with #c8ace4 background
background-color: #c8ace4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c8ace4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(200, 172, 228, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(200, 172, 228, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c8ace4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ace4, #E4ACDB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c8ace4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #c8ace4 in the Color Lab