#C4AECB#C4AECB

#C4AECB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.047 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AECB
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 13.18, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 17.68, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0351 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.047 318)
XYZ	xyz(48.6789, 46.3202, 62.8646)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AECB #B5CBAE

analogous

#B6AECB #C4AECB #CBAEC4

triadic

#C4AECB #CBC4AE #AECBC4

tetradic

#C4AECB #CBB6AE #B5CBAE #AEC4CB

square

#C4AECB #CBB6AE #B5CBAE #AEC4CB

split-complementary

#C4AECB #C4CBAE #AECBB6

monochromatic

#8E649B #A989B3 #C4AECB #DFD3E3 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C4AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AECB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AECB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.047 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6da',
    500: '#c4aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aecb;
$custom-light: #d6c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.04721,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.4632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AECB

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#A0455B

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AECB

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

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