#C4BCC6#C4BCC6

#C4BCC6 is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.016 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCC6
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(288, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 4.64, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 6.14, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0125 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.016 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9396, 51.7796, 60.7260)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCC6 #BEC6BC

analogous

#BFBCC6 #C4BCC6 #C6BCC3

triadic

#C4BCC6 #C6C4BC #BCC6C4

tetradic

#C4BCC6 #C6BFBC #BEC6BC #BCC3C6

square

#C4BCC6 #C6BFBC #BEC6BC #BCC3C6

split-complementary

#C4BCC6 #C3C6BC #BCC6BF

monochromatic

#8A7A8E #A79BAA #C4BCC6 #E1DDE2 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4BCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4BCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCC6

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCC6	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.016 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0d7',
    500: '#c4bcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcc6;
$custom-light: #d5d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80475,
    "c": 0.01642,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCC6

secondary

#8F998D

accent

#925360

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCC6

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

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