#C5A4E3#C5A4E3

#C5A4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.095 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A4E3
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 23.87, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 36.23, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.0586 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.095 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1640, 43.9677, 78.5021)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A4E3 #C2E3A4

analogous

#A6A4E3 #C5A4E3 #E3A4E1

triadic

#C5A4E3 #E3C5A4 #A4E3C5

tetradic

#C5A4E3 #E3A6A4 #C2E3A4 #A4E1E3

square

#C5A4E3 #E3A6A4 #C2E3A4 #A4E1E3

split-complementary

#C5A4E3 #E1E3A4 #A4E3A6

monochromatic

#8946C6 #A775D5 #C5A4E3 #E3D3F1 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C5A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A4E3

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A4E3	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.095 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bfec',
    500: '#c5a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a4e3;
$custom-light: #d7bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76972,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A4E3

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C0256F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A4E3

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

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