#C4B2C8#C4B2C8

#C4B2C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B2C8
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 10.42, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 13.63, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.028 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1091, 47.7471, 61.2614)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B2C8 #B6C8B2

analogous

#B9B2C8 #C4B2C8 #C8B2C1

triadic

#C4B2C8 #C8C4B2 #B2C8C4

tetradic

#C4B2C8 #C8B9B2 #B6C8B2 #B2C1C8

square

#C4B2C8 #C8B9B2 #B6C8B2 #B2C1C8

split-complementary

#C4B2C8 #C1C8B2 #B2C8B9

monochromatic

#8D6B95 #A98EAF #C4B2C8 #DFD6E2 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C4B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B2C8

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B2C8	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c9d8',
    500: '#c4b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b2c8;
$custom-light: #d6c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.03656,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B2C8

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9B4B59

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B2C8

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

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