#C5B8EA#C5B8EA

#C5B8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.071 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B8EA
RGB	rgb(197, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 14.38, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 27.31, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0319 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.071 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0146, 52.0915, 84.9823)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B8EA #DDEAB8

analogous

#B8C4EA #C5B8EA #DEB8EA

triadic

#C5B8EA #EAC5B8 #B8EAC5

tetradic

#C5B8EA #EAB8C4 #DDEAB8 #B8EADE

square

#C5B8EA #EAB8C4 #DDEAB8 #B8EADE

split-complementary

#C5B8EA #EADEB8 #C4EAB8

monochromatic

#785ACE #9E89DC #C5B8EA #ECE7F8 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B8EA

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B8EA	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.071 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cdf0',
    500: '#c5b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b8ea;
$custom-light: #d7cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B8EA

secondary

#B4C680

accent

#C22499

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B8EA

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

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