#C4B4C2#C4B4C2

#C4B4C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.026 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B4C2
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(308, 12%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(308, 8%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 8.20, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 9.62, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0229 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.026 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8225, 48.2738, 57.7743)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B4C2 #B4C4B6

analogous

#BEB4C4 #C4B4C2 #C4B4BA

triadic

#C4B4C2 #C2C4B4 #B4C2C4

tetradic

#C4B4C2 #C4BEB4 #B4C4B6 #B4BAC4

square

#C4B4C2 #C4BEB4 #B4C4B6 #B4BAC4

split-complementary

#C4B4C2 #BAC4B4 #B4C4BE

monochromatic

#8E708A #A992A6 #C4B4C2 #DFD6DE #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4B4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C4B4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B4C2

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B4C2	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.026 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cad4',
    500: '#c4b4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b4c2;
$custom-light: #d5cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 11.94,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78756,
    "c": 0.02644,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B4C2

secondary

#E3E8E4

accent

#96584F

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B4C2

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

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