#C4BCCE#C4BCCE

#C4BCCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.026 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCCE
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(267, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 6.16, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 10.12, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0155 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.026 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8868, 52.1585, 65.7147)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCCE #C6CEBC

analogous

#BCBDCE #C4BCCE #CDBCCE

triadic

#C4BCCE #CEC4BC #BCCEC4

tetradic

#C4BCCE #CEBCBD #C6CEBC #BCCECD

square

#C4BCCE #CEBCBD #C6CEBC #BCCECD

split-complementary

#C4BCCE #CECDBC #BDCEBC

monochromatic

#86759A #A599B4 #C4BCCE #E3DFE8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C4BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCCE

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCCE	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.026 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0dd',
    500: '#c4bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcce;
$custom-light: #d5d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80727,
    "c": 0.02644,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCCE

secondary

#98A28C

accent

#9A4C77

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCCE

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

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