#C4BCDA#C4BCDA

#C4BCDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.043 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDA
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(256, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 8.55, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 16.39, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0198 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.043 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4006, 52.7640, 73.6873)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDA #D2DABC

analogous

#BCC3DA #C4BCDA #D3BCDA

triadic

#C4BCDA #DAC4BC #BCDAC4

tetradic

#C4BCDA #DABCC3 #D2DABC #BCDAD3

square

#C4BCDA #DABCC3 #D2DABC #BCDAD3

split-complementary

#C4BCDA #DAD3BC #C3DABC

monochromatic

#7F6DAE #A195C4 #C4BCDA #E7E3F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C4BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDA

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDA	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.043 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e5',
    500: '#c4bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcda;
$custom-light: #d6d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81127,
    "c": 0.04258,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDA

secondary

#A6B189

accent

#A73E8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDA

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

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