#C4BCDF#C4BCDF

#C4BCDF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.049 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCDF
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(254, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 9.57, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 19.03, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% 0.0215 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.049 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0648, 53.0297, 77.1852)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCDF #D7DFBC

analogous

#BCC5DF #C4BCDF #D5BCDF

triadic

#C4BCDF #DFC4BC #BCDFC4

tetradic

#C4BCDF #DFBCC5 #D7DFBC #BCDFD5

square

#C4BCDF #DFBCC5 #D7DFBC #BCDFD5

split-complementary

#C4BCDF #DFD5BC #C5DFBC

monochromatic

#7B69B7 #A093CB #C4BCDF #E8E5F3 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C4BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCDF

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCDF	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.049 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e9',
    500: '#c4bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcdf;
$custom-light: #d6d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81301,
    "c": 0.04942,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCDF

secondary

#ACB788

accent

#AE3793

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCDF

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

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