#C4B2CD#C4B2CD

#C4B2CD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.043 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B2CD
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 11.38, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 16.03, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0298 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.043 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7030, 47.9847, 64.3893)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B2CD #BBCDB2

analogous

#B6B2CD #C4B2CD #CDB2C8

triadic

#C4B2CD #CDC4B2 #B2CDC4

tetradic

#C4B2CD #CDB6B2 #BBCDB2 #B2C8CD

square

#C4B2CD #CDB6B2 #BBCDB2 #B2C8CD

split-complementary

#C4B2CD #C8CDB2 #B2CDB6

monochromatic

#8B689D #A88DB5 #C4B2CD #E0D7E5 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C4B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B2CD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B2CD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.043 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c9dc',
    500: '#c4b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b2cd;
$custom-light: #d6c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78721,
    "c": 0.0425,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B2CD

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#A04664

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B2CD

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

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