#C3BDCB#C3BDCB

#C3BDCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.020 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BDCB
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 4.71, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 7.84, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0118 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.02 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4809, 52.3091, 63.8729)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BDCB #C5CBBD

analogous

#BDBECB #C3BDCB #CABDCB

triadic

#C3BDCB #CBC3BD #BDCBC3

tetradic

#C3BDCB #CBBDBE #C5CBBD #BDCBCA

square

#C3BDCB #CBBDBE #C5CBBD #BDCBCA

split-complementary

#C3BDCB #CBCABD #BECBBD

monochromatic

#857995 #A49BB0 #C3BDCB #E2DFE6 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C3BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C3BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BDCB

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BDCB	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)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.020 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0da',
    500: '#c3bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bdcb;
$custom-light: #d5d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80749,
    "c": 0.02049,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BDCB

secondary

#979F8D

accent

#965078

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BDCB

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

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