#C4BDCD#C4BDCD

#C4BDCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.023 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDCD
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 5.43, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 8.98, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0136 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.023 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9801, 52.5388, 65.1484)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDCD #C6CDBD

analogous

#BDBECD #C4BDCD #CCBDCD

triadic

#C4BDCD #CDC4BD #BDCDC4

tetradic

#C4BDCD #CDBDBE #C6CDBD #BDCDCC

square

#C4BDCD #CDBDBE #C6CDBD #BDCDCC

split-complementary

#C4BDCD #CDCCBD #BECDBD

monochromatic

#867798 #A59AB3 #C4BDCD #E3E0E7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C4BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDCD

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDCD	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.023 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0dc',
    500: '#c4bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdcd;
$custom-light: #d5d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80894,
    "c": 0.02345,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDCD

secondary

#98A18D

accent

#984E77

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDCD

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

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