#C4B6CA#C4B6CA

#C4B6CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.032 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B6CA
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(282, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 8.63, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 11.97, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0228 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.032 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1519, 49.4562, 62.7696)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B6CA #BCCAB6

analogous

#BAB6CA #C4B6CA #CAB6C6

triadic

#C4B6CA #CAC4B6 #B6CAC4

tetradic

#C4B6CA #CABAB6 #BCCAB6 #B6C6CA

square

#C4B6CA #CABAB6 #BCCAB6 #B6C6CA

split-complementary

#C4B6CA #C6CAB6 #B6CABA

monochromatic

#8B6F97 #A793B0 #C4B6CA #E1D9E4 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C4B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B6CA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B6CA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.032 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cbda',
    500: '#c4b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b6ca;
$custom-light: #d5cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79407,
    "c": 0.03179,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B6CA

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9A4B63

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B6CA

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

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