#C2B5CE#C2B5CE

#C2B5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.038 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B5CE
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 9.27, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 14.33, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0236 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.038 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9107, 48.9735, 65.2040)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B5CE #C1CEB5

analogous

#B5B5CE #C2B5CE #CEB5CD

triadic

#C2B5CE #CEC2B5 #B5CEC2

tetradic

#C2B5CE #CEB5B5 #C1CEB5 #B5CDCE

square

#C2B5CE #CEB5B5 #C1CEB5 #B5CDCE

split-complementary

#C2B5CE #CDCEB5 #B5CEB5

monochromatic

#856B9D #A490B6 #C2B5CE #E0DAE6 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C2B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C2B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B5CE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B5CE	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)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.038 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cbdd',
    500: '#c2b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b5ce;
$custom-light: #d4cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.03761,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B5CE

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F4771

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B5CE

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

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