#C4BBD8#C4BBD8

#C4BBD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.041 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBD8
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 8.68, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 15.94, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0205 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.041 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9276, 52.2342, 72.2463)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBD8 #CFD8BB

analogous

#BBC1D8 #C4BBD8 #D3BBD8

triadic

#C4BBD8 #D8C4BB #BBD8C4

tetradic

#C4BBD8 #D8BBC1 #CFD8BB #BBD8D3

square

#C4BBD8 #D8BBC1 #CFD8BB #BBD8D3

split-complementary

#C4BBD8 #D8D3BB #C1D8BB

monochromatic

#816DAB #A294C2 #C4BBD8 #E6E2EE #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C4BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBD8

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBD8	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.041 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe4',
    500: '#c4bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbd8;
$custom-light: #d6cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80861,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBD8

secondary

#A3AE89

accent

#A64086

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBD8

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

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