#C4BCDB#C4BCDB

#C4BCDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.044 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDB
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, 8.75, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 16.91, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.0201 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.044 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5318, 52.8165, 74.3785)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDB #D3DBBC

analogous

#BCC4DB #C4BCDB #D4BCDB

triadic

#C4BCDB #DBC4BC #BCDBC4

tetradic

#C4BCDB #DBBCC4 #D3DBBC #BCDBD4

square

#C4BCDB #DBBCC4 #D3DBBC #BCDBD4

split-complementary

#C4BCDB #DBD4BC #C4DBBC

monochromatic

#7E6CB0 #A194C6 #C4BCDB #E7E4F0 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C4BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDB

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDB	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.044 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e6',
    500: '#c4bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcdb;
$custom-light: #d6d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81162,
    "c": 0.04394,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDB

secondary

#A8B289

accent

#A93D8D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDB

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

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