#C4BBC8#C4BBC8

#C4BBC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.021 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBC8
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(282, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 5.55, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 7.75, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0147 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.021 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9589, 51.4467, 61.8780)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBC8 #BFC8BB

analogous

#BDBBC8 #C4BBC8 #C8BBC5

triadic

#C4BBC8 #C8C4BB #BBC8C4

tetradic

#C4BBC8 #C8BDBB #BFC8BB #BBC5C8

square

#C4BBC8 #C8BDBB #BFC8BB #BBC5C8

split-complementary

#C4BBC8 #C5C8BB #BBC8BD

monochromatic

#897791 #A799AD #C4BBC8 #E1DDE3 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C4BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBC8

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBC8	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.021 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cfd8',
    500: '#c4bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbc8;
$custom-light: #d5cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80337,
    "c": 0.02056,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBC8

secondary

#919C8C

accent

#955166

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBC8

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

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