#C4B0C8#C4B0C8

#C4B0C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.040 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B0C8
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 11.51, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 14.95, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.031 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.04 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7141, 46.9571, 61.1297)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B0C8 #B4C8B0

analogous

#B8B0C8 #C4B0C8 #C8B0C0

triadic

#C4B0C8 #C8C4B0 #B0C8C4

tetradic

#C4B0C8 #C8B8B0 #B4C8B0 #B0C0C8

square

#C4B0C8 #C8B8B0 #B4C8B0 #B0C0C8

split-complementary

#C4B0C8 #C0C8B0 #B0C8B8

monochromatic

#8E6896 #A98CAF #C4B0C8 #DFD4E1 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C4B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B0C8

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B0C8	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.040 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c7d8',
    500: '#c4b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b0c8;
$custom-light: #d6c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.04014,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B0C8

secondary

#E3E9E2

accent

#9C4957

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B0C8

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

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