#C4BECD#C4BECD

#C4BECD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.022 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BECD
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 4.89, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 8.35, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0122 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.022 304)
XYZ	xyz(52.1959, 52.9705, 65.2203)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BECD #C7CDBE

analogous

#BEC0CD #C4BECD #CBBECD

triadic

#C4BECD #CDC4BE #BECDC4

tetradic

#C4BECD #CDBEC0 #C7CDBE #BECDCB

square

#C4BECD #CDBEC0 #C7CDBE #BECDCB

split-complementary

#C4BECD #CDCBBE #C0CDBE

monochromatic

#857998 #A59BB2 #C4BECD #E3E1E8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C4BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BECD

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BECD	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.022 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1dc',
    500: '#c4becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4becd;
$custom-light: #d5d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81094,
    "c": 0.02179,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.5297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BECD

secondary

#99A18E

accent

#974E7A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BECD

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

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