#C4BBD4#C4BBD4

#C4BBD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.036 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBD4
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(262, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 7.88, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 13.85, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0191 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.036 302)
XYZ	xyz(52.4168, 52.0299, 69.5559)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBD4 #CBD4BB

analogous

#BBBED4 #C4BBD4 #D0BBD4

triadic

#C4BBD4 #D4C4BB #BBD4C4

tetradic

#C4BBD4 #D4BBBE #CBD4BB #BBD4D0

square

#C4BBD4 #D4BBBE #CBD4BB #BBD4D0

split-complementary

#C4BBD4 #D4D0BB #BED4BB

monochromatic

#8370A5 #A396BC #C4BBD4 #E5E0EC #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C4BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBD4

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBD4	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.036 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe1',
    500: '#c4bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbd4;
$custom-light: #d6cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80726,
    "c": 0.03607,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.5203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBD4

secondary

#9EAA8A

accent

#A14580

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBD4

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

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