#C3BDCE#C3BDCE

#C3BDCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.024 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BDCE
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 5.29, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 9.40, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0129 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.024 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8419, 52.4535, 65.7739)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BDCE #C8CEBD

analogous

#BDC0CE #C3BDCE #CCBDCE

triadic

#C3BDCE #CEC3BD #BDCEC3

tetradic

#C3BDCE #CEBDC0 #C8CEBD #BDCECC

square

#C3BDCE #CEBDC0 #C8CEBD #BDCECC

split-complementary

#C3BDCE #CECCBD #C0CEBD

monochromatic

#83779A #A39AB4 #C3BDCE #E3E0E8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C3BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C3BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BDCE

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BDCE	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.024 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0dd',
    500: '#c3bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bdce;
$custom-light: #d5d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80845,
    "c": 0.02447,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BDCE

secondary

#9BA28D

accent

#994D7E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BDCE

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

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