#C2B5CD#C2B5CD

#C2B5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.036 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B5CD
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, 9.07, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 13.83, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0232 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.036 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7896, 48.9251, 64.5663)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B5CD #C0CDB5

analogous

#B6B5CD #C2B5CD #CDB5CC

triadic

#C2B5CD #CDC2B5 #B5CDC2

tetradic

#C2B5CD #CDB6B5 #C0CDB5 #B5CCCD

square

#C2B5CD #CDB6B5 #C0CDB5 #B5CCCD

split-complementary

#C2B5CD #CCCDB5 #B5CDB6

monochromatic

#866C9C #A490B4 #C2B5CD #E0DAE6 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C2B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C2B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B5CD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B5CD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.036 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cbdc',
    500: '#c2b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b5cd;
$custom-light: #d4cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.03633,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B5CD

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E486F

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B5CD

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

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