#C4BAD6#C4BAD6

#C4BAD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.040 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BAD6
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 8.82, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 15.51, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0213 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.04 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4592, 51.7086, 70.8224)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BAD6 #CCD6BA

analogous

#BABED6 #C4BAD6 #D2BAD6

triadic

#C4BAD6 #D6C4BA #BAD6C4

tetradic

#C4BAD6 #D6BABE #CCD6BA #BAD6D2

square

#C4BAD6 #D6BABE #CCD6BA #BAD6D2

split-complementary

#C4BAD6 #D6D2BA #BED6BA

monochromatic

#826DA8 #A394BF #C4BAD6 #E5E0ED #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C4BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BAD6

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BAD6	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.040 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cee2',
    500: '#c4bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bad6;
$custom-light: #d6cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80596,
    "c": 0.04039,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BAD6

secondary

#9FAC88

accent

#A44281

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BAD6

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

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