#C4BDCB#C4BDCB

#C4BDCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.021 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDCB
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, 5.05, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 7.95, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0129 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.021 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7402, 52.4429, 63.8850)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDCB #C4CBBD

analogous

#BDBDCB #C4BDCB #CBBDCB

triadic

#C4BDCB #CBC4BD #BDCBC4

tetradic

#C4BDCB #CBBDBD #C4CBBD #BDCBCB

square

#C4BDCB #CBBDBD #C4CBBD #BDCBCB

split-complementary

#C4BDCB #CBCBBD #BDCBBD

monochromatic

#877995 #A59BB0 #C4BDCB #E3DFE6 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C4BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDCB

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDCB	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.021 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0da',
    500: '#c4bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdcb;
$custom-light: #d5d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.02085,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDCB

secondary

#969F8D

accent

#965073

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDCB

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

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