#C4BEDE#C4BEDE

#C4BEDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.045 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEDE
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 8.28, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 17.30, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0183 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.045 294)
XYZ	xyz(54.3605, 53.8363, 76.6206)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEDE #D8DEBE

analogous

#BEC8DE #C4BEDE #D4BEDE

triadic

#C4BEDE #DEC4BE #BEDEC4

tetradic

#C4BEDE #DEBEC8 #D8DEBE #BEDED4

square

#C4BEDE #DEBEC8 #D8DEBE #BEDED4

split-complementary

#C4BEDE #DED4BE #C8DEBE

monochromatic

#7A6DB5 #9F95C9 #C4BEDE #E9E7F3 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C4BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEDE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEDE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.045 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1e8',
    500: '#c4bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bede;
$custom-light: #d6d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8166,
    "c": 0.04495,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.53837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEDE

secondary

#AEB68A

accent

#AB3A96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEDE

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

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