#C4CAE2#C4CAE2

#C4CAE2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.034 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CAE2
RGB	rgb(196, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 34%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(228, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, 2.68, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 12.85, 282.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% 0.0027 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.034 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6099, 59.4671, 80.3799)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CAE2 #E2DCC4

analogous

#C4D9E2 #C4CAE2 #CDC4E2

triadic

#C4CAE2 #E2C4CA #CAE2C4

tetradic

#C4CAE2 #E2C4D9 #E2DCC4 #C4E2CD

square

#C4CAE2 #E2C4D9 #E2DCC4 #C4E2CD

split-complementary

#C4CAE2 #E2CDC4 #D9E2C4

monochromatic

#7280BA #9BA5CE #C4CAE2 #EAEDF5 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C4CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#C4CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CAE2

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CAE2	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDCED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.034 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6daeb',
    500: '#c4cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cae2;
$custom-light: #d6daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 34.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84187,
    "c": 0.03404,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CAE2

secondary

#BBB290

accent

#9639AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CAE2

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

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