#C4B4C8#C4B4C8

#C4B4C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.033 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B4C8
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(288, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 9.33, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 12.32, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0251 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.033 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5099, 48.5488, 61.3950)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B4C8 #B8C8B4

analogous

#BAB4C8 #C4B4C8 #C8B4C2

triadic

#C4B4C8 #C8C4B4 #B4C8C4

tetradic

#C4B4C8 #C8BAB4 #B8C8B4 #B4C2C8

square

#C4B4C8 #C8BAB4 #B8C8B4 #B4C2C8

split-complementary

#C4B4C8 #C2C8B4 #B4C8BA

monochromatic

#8C6D94 #A891AE #C4B4C8 #E0D7E2 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C4B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B4C8

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B4C8	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.033 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cad8',
    500: '#c4b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b4c8;
$custom-light: #d5cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B4C8

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9A4C5B

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B4C8

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

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