#C4BED6#C4BED6

#C4BED6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.034 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BED6
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(255, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, 6.66, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 13.07, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% 0.0155 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.034 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3137, 53.4176, 71.1072)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BED6 #D0D6BE

analogous

#BEC4D6 #C4BED6 #D0BED6

triadic

#C4BED6 #D6C4BE #BED6C4

tetradic

#C4BED6 #D6BEC4 #D0D6BE #BED6D0

square

#C4BED6 #D6BEC4 #D0D6BE #BED6D0

split-complementary

#C4BED6 #D6D0BE #C4D6BE

monochromatic

#8073A7 #A298BE #C4BED6 #E6E4EE #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C4BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BED6

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BED6	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.034 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1e2',
    500: '#c4bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bed6;
$custom-light: #d6d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 22.642,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.03394,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BED6

secondary

#A4AC8C

accent

#A1448A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BED6

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

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