#C4BDCE#C4BDCE

#C4BDCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.025 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDCE
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, 5.62, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 9.49, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.014 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.025 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1012, 52.5872, 65.7861)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDCE #C7CEBD

analogous

#BDBECE #C4BDCE #CDBDCE

triadic

#C4BDCE #CEC4BD #BDCEC4

tetradic

#C4BDCE #CEBDBE #C7CEBD #BDCECD

square

#C4BDCE #CEBDBE #C7CEBD #BDCECD

split-complementary

#C4BDCE #CECDBD #BECEBD

monochromatic

#85779A #A59AB4 #C4BDCE #E3E0E8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#C4BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDCE

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDCE	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.025 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0dd',
    500: '#c4bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdce;
$custom-light: #d5d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80926,
    "c": 0.02477,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDCE

secondary

#99A28D

accent

#994D79

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDCE

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

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