#C4BECC#C4BECC

#C4BECC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.020 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BECC
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 4.70, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 7.84, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0118 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.02 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0756, 52.9224, 64.5866)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BECC #C6CCBE

analogous

#BEBFCC #C4BECC #CBBECC

triadic

#C4BECC #CCC4BE #BECCC4

tetradic

#C4BECC #CCBEBF #C6CCBE #BECCCB

square

#C4BECC #CCBEBF #C6CCBE #BECCCB

split-complementary

#C4BECC #CCCBBE #BFCCBE

monochromatic

#867996 #A59CB1 #C4BECC #E3E0E7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C4BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BECC

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BECC	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.020 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1db',
    500: '#c4becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4becc;
$custom-light: #d5d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81063,
    "c": 0.02046,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BECC

secondary

#98A08E

accent

#964F78

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BECC

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

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