#C2BCD6#C2BCD6

#C2BCD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.037 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BCD6
RGB	rgb(194, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(254, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 7.08, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 14.15, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0162 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.037 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3666, 52.2907, 70.9396)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BCD6 #D0D6BC

analogous

#BCC3D6 #C2BCD6 #CFBCD6

triadic

#C2BCD6 #D6C2BC #BCD6C2

tetradic

#C2BCD6 #D6BCC3 #D0D6BC #BCD6CF

square

#C2BCD6 #D6BCC3 #D0D6BC #BCD6CF

split-complementary

#C2BCD6 #D6CFBC #C3D6BC

monochromatic

#7D70A8 #9F96BF #C2BCD6 #E5E2ED #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C2BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C2BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BCD6

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BCD6	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.037 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d0e2',
    500: '#c2bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bcd6;
$custom-light: #d4d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80828,
    "c": 0.03676,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BCD6

secondary

#A4AC8A

accent

#A3438C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BCD6

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

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