#C4BAD8#C4BAD8

#C4BAD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.043 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BAD8
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(260, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 9.22, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 16.56, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.022 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.043 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7162, 51.8114, 72.1758)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BAD8 #CED8BA

analogous

#BABFD8 #C4BAD8 #D3BAD8

triadic

#C4BAD8 #D8C4BA #BAD8C4

tetradic

#C4BAD8 #D8BABF #CED8BA #BAD8D3

square

#C4BAD8 #D8BABF #CED8BA #BAD8D3

split-complementary

#C4BAD8 #D8D3BA #BFD8BA

monochromatic

#816CAC #A393C2 #C4BAD8 #E5E1EE #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BAD8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BAD8	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.043 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cee4',
    500: '#c4bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bad8;
$custom-light: #d6cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80664,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BAD8

secondary

#A2AF88

accent

#A63F84

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BAD8

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

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