#C3B1DB#C3B1DB

#C3B1DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.062 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B1DB
RGB	rgb(195, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 37%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(266, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 14.41, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 23.66, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.035 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.062 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0116, 48.1610, 73.6127)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B1DB #C9DBB1

analogous

#B1B4DB #C3B1DB #D8B1DB

triadic

#C3B1DB #DBC3B1 #B1DBC3

tetradic

#C3B1DB #DBB1B4 #C9DBB1 #B1DBD8

square

#C3B1DB #DBB1B4 #C9DBB1 #B1DBD8

split-complementary

#C3B1DB #DBD8B1 #B4DBB1

monochromatic

#835DB4 #A387C8 #C3B1DB #E3DBEE #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C3B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C3B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B1DB

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B1DB	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.062 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c8e6',
    500: '#c3b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b1db;
$custom-light: #d5c8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78935,
    "c": 0.06173,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B1DB

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#B0367B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FC

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#838284

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B1DB

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

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