#C4BCDD#C4BCDD

#C4BCDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.047 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDD
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 9.16, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 17.97, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0208 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.047 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7967, 52.9225, 75.7735)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDD #D5DDBC

analogous

#BCC5DD #C4BCDD #D4BCDD

triadic

#C4BCDD #DDC4BC #BCDDC4

tetradic

#C4BCDD #DDBCC5 #D5DDBC #BCDDD4

square

#C4BCDD #DDBCC5 #D5DDBC #BCDDD4

split-complementary

#C4BCDD #DDD4BC #C5DDBC

monochromatic

#7C6BB4 #A093C8 #C4BCDD #E8E5F2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C4BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDD

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDD	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.047 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e7',
    500: '#c4bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcdd;
$custom-light: #d6d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.04668,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDD

secondary

#AAB589

accent

#AB3A90

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDD

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

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