#C4AEC4#C4AEC4

#C4AEC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.039 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AEC4
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 11.84, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 14.44, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0326 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.039 326)
XYZ	xyz(47.8635, 45.9940, 58.5701)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AEC4 #AEC4AE

analogous

#B9AEC4 #C4AEC4 #C4AEB9

triadic

#C4AEC4 #C4C4AE #AEC4C4

tetradic

#C4AEC4 #C4B9AE #AEC4AE #AEB9C4

square

#C4AEC4 #C4B9AE #AEC4AE #AEB9C4

split-complementary

#C4AEC4 #B9C4AE #AEC4B9

monochromatic

#8F688F #AA8BAA #C4AEC4 #DED1DE #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C4AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AEC4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AEC4	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.039 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6d5',
    500: '#c4aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aec4;
$custom-light: #d6c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77642,
    "c": 0.03933,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.45993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AEC4

secondary

#E3E8E3

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AEC4

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

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