#C4A5CC#C4A5CC

#C4A5CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.065 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A5CC
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(288, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 18.31, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 24.07, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0489 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.065 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1176, 43.0064, 62.9340)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A5CC #ADCCA5

analogous

#B0A5CC #C4A5CC #CCA5C1

triadic

#C4A5CC #CCC4A5 #A5CCC4

tetradic

#C4A5CC #CCB0A5 #ADCCA5 #A5C1CC

square

#C4A5CC #CCB0A5 #ADCCA5 #A5C1CC

split-complementary

#C4A5CC #C1CCA5 #A5CCB0

monochromatic

#8F599D #AA7EB6 #C4A5CC #DECCE2 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C4A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C4A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A5CC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A5CC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.065 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bfdb',
    500: '#c4a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a5cc;
$custom-light: #d6bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.06453,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A5CC

secondary

#E3EAE1

accent

#A63F54

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A5CC

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

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