#C4BBCB#C4BBCB

#C4BBCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.024 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBCB
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 6.12, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 9.23, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0158 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.024 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3130, 51.5884, 63.7426)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBCB #C2CBBB

analogous

#BCBBCB #C4BBCB #CBBBCA

triadic

#C4BBCB #CBC4BB #BBCBC4

tetradic

#C4BBCB #CBBCBB #C2CBBB #BBCACB

square

#C4BBCB #CBBCBB #C2CBBB #BBCACB

split-complementary

#C4BBCB #CACBBB #BBCBBC

monochromatic

#887696 #A698B0 #C4BBCB #E2DEE6 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C4BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBCB

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBCB	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.024 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cfda',
    500: '#c4bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbcb;
$custom-light: #d5cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80432,
    "c": 0.02428,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBCB

secondary

#949F8B

accent

#974E6E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBCB

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

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