#C4B8D4#C4B8D4

#C4B8D4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.041 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B8D4
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(266, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(266, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 9.50, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 15.72, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0235 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.041 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7870, 50.7703, 69.3460)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B8D4 #C8D4B8

analogous

#B8BAD4 #C4B8D4 #D2B8D4

triadic

#C4B8D4 #D4C4B8 #B8D4C4

tetradic

#C4B8D4 #D4B8BA #C8D4B8 #B8D4D2

square

#C4B8D4 #D4B8BA #C8D4B8 #B8D4D2

split-complementary

#C4B8D4 #D4D2B8 #BAD4B8

monochromatic

#856CA6 #A492BD #C4B8D4 #E4DEEB #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C4B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B8D4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B8D4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.041 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cde1',
    500: '#c4b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b8d4;
$custom-light: #d6cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80134,
    "c": 0.04105,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B8D4

secondary

#9BAA86

accent

#A3427A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B8D4

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

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