#C4BCDC#C4BCDC

#C4BCDC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.045 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDC
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(255, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 8.95, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 17.44, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.0205 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.045 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6639, 52.8693, 75.0739)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDC #D4DCBC

analogous

#BCC4DC #C4BCDC #D4BCDC

triadic

#C4BCDC #DCC4BC #BCDCC4

tetradic

#C4BCDC #DCBCC4 #D4DCBC #BCDCD4

square

#C4BCDC #DCBCC4 #D4DCBC #BCDCD4

split-complementary

#C4BCDC #DCD4BC #C4DCBC

monochromatic

#7D6CB2 #A194C7 #C4BCDC #E7E4F1 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C4BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDC	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.045 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e6',
    500: '#c4bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcdc;
$custom-light: #d6d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.04531,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDC

secondary

#A9B389

accent

#AA3B8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDC

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

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