#C4BCD6#C4BCD6

#C4BCD6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.037 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCD6
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(258, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 7.74, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 14.28, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% 0.0184 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.037 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8835, 52.5572, 70.9638)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCD6 #CED6BC

analogous

#BCC1D6 #C4BCD6 #D1BCD6

triadic

#C4BCD6 #D6C4BC #BCD6C4

tetradic

#C4BCD6 #D6BCC1 #CED6BC #BCD6D1

square

#C4BCD6 #D6BCC1 #CED6BC #BCD6D1

split-complementary

#C4BCD6 #D6D1BC #C1D6BC

monochromatic

#8170A8 #A396BF #C4BCD6 #E5E2ED #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C4BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCD6

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCD6	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.037 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e2',
    500: '#c4bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcd6;
$custom-light: #d6d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80991,
    "c": 0.03713,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCD6

secondary

#A2AC8A

accent

#A34385

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCD6

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

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