#C4BEC8#C4BEC8

#C4BEC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.015 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEC8
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 3.94, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 5.81, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0103 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.015 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6020, 52.7329, 62.0924)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEC8 #C2C8BE

analogous

#BFBEC8 #C4BEC8 #C8BEC7

triadic

#C4BEC8 #C8C4BE #BEC8C4

tetradic

#C4BEC8 #C8BFBE #C2C8BE #BEC7C8

square

#C4BEC8 #C8BFBE #C2C8BE #BEC7C8

split-complementary

#C4BEC8 #C7C8BE #BEC8BF

monochromatic

#887C90 #A69DAC #C4BEC8 #E2DFE4 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C4BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEC8

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEC8	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.015 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1d8',
    500: '#c4bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bec8;
$custom-light: #d5d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80938,
    "c": 0.01532,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEC8

secondary

#949B8F

accent

#92536C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEC8

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

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