#C4B4CC#C4B4CC

#C4B4CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.038 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B4CC
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 10.10, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 14.24, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0265 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.038 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9835, 48.7382, 63.8893)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B4CC #BCCCB4

analogous

#B8B4CC #C4B4CC #CCB4C8

triadic

#C4B4CC #CCC4B4 #B4CCC4

tetradic

#C4B4CC #CCB8B4 #BCCCB4 #B4C8CC

square

#C4B4CC #CCB8B4 #BCCCB4 #B4C8CC

split-complementary

#C4B4CC #C8CCB4 #B4CCB8

monochromatic

#8B6B9A #A790B3 #C4B4CC #E1D8E5 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C4B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B4CC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B4CC	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.038 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cadb',
    500: '#c4b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b4cc;
$custom-light: #d6cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79079,
    "c": 0.03775,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B4CC

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D4865

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

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