#C2BAD8#C2BAD8

#C2BAD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.043 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BAD8
RGB	rgb(194, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(256, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 8.56, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 16.42, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0198 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.043 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1993, 51.5449, 72.1516)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BAD8 #D0D8BA

analogous

#BAC1D8 #C2BAD8 #D1BAD8

triadic

#C2BAD8 #D8C2BA #BAD8C2

tetradic

#C2BAD8 #D8BAC1 #D0D8BA #BAD8D1

square

#C2BAD8 #D8BAC1 #D0D8BA #BAD8D1

split-complementary

#C2BAD8 #D8D1BA #C1D8BA

monochromatic

#7D6CAC #9F93C2 #C2BAD8 #E5E1EE #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C2BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C2BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BAD8

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BAD8	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.043 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cee4',
    500: '#c2bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bad8;
$custom-light: #d4cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80501,
    "c": 0.04266,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BAD8

secondary

#A4AF88

accent

#A63F8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BAD8

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

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