#C2BDC8#C2BDC8

#C2BDC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.016 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BDC8
RGB	rgb(194, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 3.79, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 6.20, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0096 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.016 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8693, 52.0347, 61.9962)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BDC8 #C3C8BD

analogous

#BDBEC8 #C2BDC8 #C8BDC8

triadic

#C2BDC8 #C8C2BD #BDC8C2

tetradic

#C2BDC8 #C8BDBE #C3C8BD #BDC8C8

square

#C2BDC8 #C8BDBE #C3C8BD #BDC8C8

split-complementary

#C2BDC8 #C8C8BD #BEC8BD

monochromatic

#847A90 #A39CAC #C2BDC8 #E1DEE4 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C2BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C2BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BDC8

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BDC8	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.016 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d0d8',
    500: '#c2bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bdc8;
$custom-light: #d4d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80574,
    "c": 0.01621,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BDC8

secondary

#959B8E

accent

#935276

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BDC8

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

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