#C4BCD0#C4BCD0

#C4BCD0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.029 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCD0
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(264, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(264, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 6.55, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 11.15, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0162 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.029 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1313, 52.2563, 67.0024)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCD0 #C8D0BC

analogous

#BCBED0 #C4BCD0 #CEBCD0

triadic

#C4BCD0 #D0C4BC #BCD0C4

tetradic

#C4BCD0 #D0BCBE #C8D0BC #BCD0CE

square

#C4BCD0 #D0BCBE #C8D0BC #BCD0CE

split-complementary

#C4BCD0 #D0CEBC #BED0BC

monochromatic

#85749E #A498B7 #C4BCD0 #E4E0E9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C4BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCD0

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCD0	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)

#B9BFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.029 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0de',
    500: '#c4bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcd0;
$custom-light: #d5d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80792,
    "c": 0.02908,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCD0

secondary

#9BA58B

accent

#9C4A7B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCD0

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

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