#C4BBDD#C4BBDD

#C4BBDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.048 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBDD
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 9.70, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 18.57, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0222 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.048 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5838, 52.4967, 75.7025)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBDD #D4DDBB

analogous

#BBC3DD #C4BBDD #D5BBDD

triadic

#C4BBDD #DDC4BB #BBDDC4

tetradic

#C4BBDD #DDBBC3 #D4DDBB #BBDDD5

square

#C4BBDD #DDBBC3 #D4DDBB #BBDDD5

split-complementary

#C4BBDD #DDD5BB #C3DDBB

monochromatic

#7D69B4 #A192C9 #C4BBDD #E7E4F1 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C4BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBDD

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBDD	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.048 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe7',
    500: '#c4bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbdd;
$custom-light: #d6cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.04826,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBDD

secondary

#A9B587

accent

#AC398E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBDD

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

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