#C4B2CA#C4B2CA

#C4B2CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.039 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B2CA
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 10.80, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 14.58, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0288 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.039 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3444, 47.8412, 62.5004)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B2CA #B8CAB2

analogous

#B8B2CA #C4B2CA #CAB2C4

triadic

#C4B2CA #CAC4B2 #B2CAC4

tetradic

#C4B2CA #CAB8B2 #B8CAB2 #B2C4CA

square

#C4B2CA #CAB8B2 #B8CAB2 #B2C4CA

split-complementary

#C4B2CA #C4CAB2 #B2CAB8

monochromatic

#8C6A98 #A88EB1 #C4B2CA #E0D6E3 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C4B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B2CA

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B2CA	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.039 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c9da',
    500: '#c4b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b2ca;
$custom-light: #d6c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78621,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B2CA

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D495E

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B2CA

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