#C4BCD3#C4BCD3

#C4BCD3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.033 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCD3
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 7.14, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 12.71, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0173 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.033 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5039, 52.4053, 68.9646)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCD3 #CBD3BC

analogous

#BCBFD3 #C4BCD3 #CFBCD3

triadic

#C4BCD3 #D3C4BC #BCD3C4

tetradic

#C4BCD3 #D3BCBF #CBD3BC #BCD3CF

square

#C4BCD3 #D3BCBF #CBD3BC #BCD3CF

split-complementary

#C4BCD3 #D3CFBC #BFD3BC

monochromatic

#8372A2 #A397BB #C4BCD3 #E5E1EB #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C4BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCD3

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCD3	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.033 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0e0',
    500: '#c4bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcd3;
$custom-light: #d5d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80891,
    "c": 0.03309,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCD3

secondary

#9EA88B

accent

#9F4680

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCD3

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

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