#C4BAD2#C4BAD2

#C4BAD2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BAD2
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 8.02, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 13.43, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0198 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9546, 51.5068, 68.1650)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BAD2 #C8D2BA

analogous

#BABCD2 #C4BAD2 #D0BAD2

triadic

#C4BAD2 #D2C4BA #BAD2C4

tetradic

#C4BAD2 #D2BABC #C8D2BA #BAD2D0

square

#C4BAD2 #D2BABC #C8D2BA #BAD2D0

split-complementary

#C4BAD2 #D2D0BA #BCD2BA

monochromatic

#8570A2 #A495BA #C4BAD2 #E4DFEA #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C4BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BAD2

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BAD2	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cedf',
    500: '#c4bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bad2;
$custom-light: #d6cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80461,
    "c": 0.03506,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BAD2

secondary

#9BA789

accent

#9F467A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BAD2

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

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