#C4BED4#C4BED4

#C4BED4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.031 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BED4
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(256, 20%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 10%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 6.26, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 12.01, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0147 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.031 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0598, 53.3161, 69.7703)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BED4 #CED4BE

analogous

#BEC3D4 #C4BED4 #CFBED4

triadic

#C4BED4 #D4C4BE #BED4C4

tetradic

#C4BED4 #D4BEC3 #CED4BE #BED4CF

square

#C4BED4 #D4BEC3 #CED4BE #BED4CF

split-complementary

#C4BED4 #D4CFBE #C3D4BE

monochromatic

#8174A3 #A399BC #C4BED4 #E5E3EC #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C4BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BED4

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BED4	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.031 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1e1',
    500: '#c4bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bed4;
$custom-light: #d5d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 20.37,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.03121,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BED4

secondary

#A2A98D

accent

#9F4787

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BED4

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