#C4B4D2#C4B4D2

#C4B4D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.045 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B4D2
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 25%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 11.28, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 17.24, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0286 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.045 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7171, 49.0317, 67.7525)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B4D2 #C2D2B4

analogous

#B5B4D2 #C4B4D2 #D2B4D1

triadic

#C4B4D2 #D2C4B4 #B4D2C4

tetradic

#C4B4D2 #D2B5B4 #C2D2B4 #B4D1D2

square

#C4B4D2 #D2B5B4 #C2D2B4 #B4D1D2

split-complementary

#C4B4D2 #D1D2B4 #B4D2B5

monochromatic

#8868A4 #A68EBB #C4B4D2 #E2DAE9 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C4B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B4D2

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B4D2	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.045 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cadf',
    500: '#c4b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b4d2;
$custom-light: #d6cadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79282,
    "c": 0.04527,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B4D2

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4426F

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FB

border

#D3D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B4D2

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

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