#C4BCD4#C4BCD4

#C4BCD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.034 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCD4
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(260, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 7.34, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 13.23, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0176 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.034 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6296, 52.4556, 69.6269)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCD4 #CCD4BC

analogous

#BCC0D4 #C4BCD4 #D0BCD4

triadic

#C4BCD4 #D4C4BC #BCD4C4

tetradic

#C4BCD4 #D4BCC0 #CCD4BC #BCD4D0

square

#C4BCD4 #D4BCC0 #CCD4BC #BCD4D0

split-complementary

#C4BCD4 #D4D0BC #C0D4BC

monochromatic

#8271A4 #A397BC #C4BCD4 #E5E1EC #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C4BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCD4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCD4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.034 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e1',
    500: '#c4bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcd4;
$custom-light: #d6d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.03443,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCD4

secondary

#9FAA8B

accent

#A04582

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCD4

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

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