#C4B8CE#C4B8CE

#C4B8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.033 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B8CE
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(273, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 8.32, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 12.66, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0213 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.033 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0441, 50.4732, 65.4338)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B8CE #C2CEB8

analogous

#B9B8CE #C4B8CE #CEB8CD

triadic

#C4B8CE #CEC4B8 #B8CEC4

tetradic

#C4B8CE #CEB9B8 #C2CEB8 #B8CDCE

square

#C4B8CE #CEB9B8 #C2CEB8 #B8CDCE

split-complementary

#C4B8CE #CDCEB8 #B8CEB9

monochromatic

#88709C #A694B5 #C4B8CE #E2DCE7 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C4B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B8CE

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B8CE	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.033 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cddd',
    500: '#c4b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b8ce;
$custom-light: #d5cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79933,
    "c": 0.03326,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B8CE

secondary

#94A388

accent

#9D496F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B8CE

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

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