#C4BECE#C4BECE

#C4BECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.023 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BECE
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 5.09, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 8.87, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0125 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.023 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3170, 53.0189, 65.8581)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BECE #C8CEBE

analogous

#BEC0CE #C4BECE #CCBECE

triadic

#C4BECE #CEC4BE #BECEC4

tetradic

#C4BECE #CEBEC0 #C8CEBE #BECECC

square

#C4BECE #CEBEC0 #C8CEBE #BECECC

split-complementary

#C4BECE #CECCBE #C0CEBE

monochromatic

#857899 #A49BB4 #C4BECE #E4E1E8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C4BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BECE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BECE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.023 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1dd',
    500: '#c4bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bece;
$custom-light: #d5d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81126,
    "c": 0.02312,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BECE

secondary

#9BA28E

accent

#984D7C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BECE

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

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