#C4BDCA#C4BDCA

#C4BDCA is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.020 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDCA
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 4.86, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 7.45, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.0125 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.02 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6214, 52.3953, 63.2595)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDCA #C3CABD

analogous

#BEBDCA #C4BDCA #CABDCA

triadic

#C4BDCA #CAC4BD #BDCAC4

tetradic

#C4BDCA #CABEBD #C3CABD #BDCACA

square

#C4BDCA #CABEBD #C3CABD #BDCACA

split-complementary

#C4BDCA #CACABD #BDCABE

monochromatic

#877993 #A69BAF #C4BDCA #E2DFE5 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C4BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDCA

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDCA	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.020 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0da',
    500: '#c4bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdca;
$custom-light: #d5d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80799,
    "c": 0.01956,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDCA

secondary

#959E8E

accent

#955170

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDCA

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

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