#C4CAE4#C4CAE4

#C4CAE4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.037 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CAE4
RGB	rgb(196, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 37%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 3.10, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 13.90, 282.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% 0.0034 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.037 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8859, 59.5775, 81.8337)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CAE4 #E4DEC4

analogous

#C4DAE4 #C4CAE4 #CEC4E4

triadic

#C4CAE4 #E4C4CA #CAE4C4

tetradic

#C4CAE4 #E4C4DA #E4DEC4 #C4E4CE

square

#C4CAE4 #E4C4DA #E4DEC4 #C4E4CE

split-complementary

#C4CAE4 #E4CEC4 #DAE4C4

monochromatic

#707FBE #9AA4D1 #C4CAE4 #EAECF5 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C4CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#C4CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CAE4

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CAE4	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDCFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.037 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6daec',
    500: '#c4cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cae4;
$custom-light: #d6daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84254,
    "c": 0.03679,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CAE4

secondary

#BDB58F

accent

#9935B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CAE4

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

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