#C3BECE#C3BECE

#C3BECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.023 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BECE
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 4.75, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 8.79, 302.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0115 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.023 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0577, 52.8852, 65.8459)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BECE #C9CEBE

analogous

#BEC1CE #C3BECE #CBBECE

triadic

#C3BECE #CEC3BE #BECEC3

tetradic

#C3BECE #CEBEC1 #C9CEBE #BECECB

square

#C3BECE #CEBEC1 #C9CEBE #BECECB

split-complementary

#C3BECE #CECBBE #C1CEBE

monochromatic

#837899 #A39BB4 #C3BECE #E3E1E8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C3BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C3BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BECE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BECE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.023 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1dd',
    500: '#c3bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bece;
$custom-light: #d5d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81045,
    "c": 0.02285,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BECE

secondary

#9CA28E

accent

#984D81

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BECE

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

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