#C4B4CE#C4B4CE

#C4B4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.040 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B4CE
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 10.49, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 15.23, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0272 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.04 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2250, 48.8348, 65.1607)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B4CE #BECEB4

analogous

#B7B4CE #C4B4CE #CEB4CB

triadic

#C4B4CE #CEC4B4 #B4CEC4

tetradic

#C4B4CE #CEB7B4 #BECEB4 #B4CBCE

square

#C4B4CE #CEB7B4 #BECEB4 #B4CBCE

split-complementary

#C4B4CE #CBCEB4 #B4CEB7

monochromatic

#8A6A9E #A78FB6 #C4B4CE #E1D9E6 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C4B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B4CE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B4CE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.040 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cadd',
    500: '#c4b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b4ce;
$custom-light: #d6cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79146,
    "c": 0.04022,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B4CE

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F4668

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B4CE

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

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