#C4BDCF#C4BDCF

#C4BDCF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.026 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDCF
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 5.82, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 10.01, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% 0.0144 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.026 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2230, 52.6360, 66.4279)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDCF #C8CFBD

analogous

#BDBFCF #C4BDCF #CDBDCF

triadic

#C4BDCF #CFC4BD #BDCFC4

tetradic

#C4BDCF #CFBDBF #C8CFBD #BDCFCD

square

#C4BDCF #CFBDBF #C8CFBD #BDCFCD

split-complementary

#C4BDCF #CFCDBD #BFCFBD

monochromatic

#85769B #A49AB5 #C4BDCF #E4E0E9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C4BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDCF

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDCF	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.026 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0dd',
    500: '#c4bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdcf;
$custom-light: #d5d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80959,
    "c": 0.02609,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDCF

secondary

#9BA38D

accent

#9A4B7B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDCF

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

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