#C4BAC8#C4BAC8

#C4BAC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.022 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BAC8
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(283, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 6.09, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 8.40, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0162 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.022 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7475, 51.0239, 61.8075)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BAC8 #BEC8BA

analogous

#BDBAC8 #C4BAC8 #C8BAC5

triadic

#C4BAC8 #C8C4BA #BAC8C4

tetradic

#C4BAC8 #C8BDBA #BEC8BA #BAC5C8

square

#C4BAC8 #C8BDBA #BEC8BA #BAC5C8

split-complementary

#C4BAC8 #C5C8BA #BAC8BD

monochromatic

#8A7692 #A798AD #C4BAC8 #E1DCE3 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C4BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BAC8

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BAC8	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.022 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ced8',
    500: '#c4bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bac8;
$custom-light: #d5ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.02232,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BAC8

secondary

#8F9C8B

accent

#955064

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BAC8

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

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