#C4BBDE#C4BBDE

#C4BBDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.050 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBDE
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 9.91, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 19.10, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0226 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.05 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7175, 52.5502, 76.4063)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBDE #D5DEBB

analogous

#BBC3DE #C4BBDE #D5BBDE

triadic

#C4BBDE #DEC4BB #BBDEC4

tetradic

#C4BBDE #DEBBC3 #D5DEBB #BBDED5

square

#C4BBDE #DEBBC3 #D5DEBB #BBDED5

split-complementary

#C4BBDE #DED5BB #C3DEBB

monochromatic

#7C69B6 #A092CA #C4BBDE #E8E4F2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C4BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBDE

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBDE	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.050 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe8',
    500: '#c4bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbde;
$custom-light: #d6cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8107,
    "c": 0.04963,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBDE

secondary

#AAB687

accent

#AD388F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBDE

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

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