#C4BCDE#C4BCDE

#C4BCDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.048 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDE
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(254, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 9.37, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 18.50, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0211 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.048 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9303, 52.9759, 76.4772)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDE #D6DEBC

analogous

#BCC5DE #C4BCDE #D5BCDE

triadic

#C4BCDE #DEC4BC #BCDEC4

tetradic

#C4BCDE #DEBCC5 #D6DEBC #BCDED5

square

#C4BCDE #DEBCC5 #D6DEBC #BCDED5

split-complementary

#C4BCDE #DED5BC #C5DEBC

monochromatic

#7C6AB6 #A093CA #C4BCDE #E8E5F2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C4BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.048 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e8',
    500: '#c4bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcde;
$custom-light: #d6d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81266,
    "c": 0.04805,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDE

secondary

#ABB688

accent

#AD3991

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDE

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

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