#C5BAEB#C5BAEB

#C5BAEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.069 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BAEB
RGB	rgb(197, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 13.51, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 26.63, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0293 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.069 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5770, 52.9859, 85.8805)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BAEB #E0EBBA

analogous

#BAC8EB #C5BAEB #DDBAEB

triadic

#C5BAEB #EBC5BA #BAEBC5

tetradic

#C5BAEB #EBBAC8 #E0EBBA #BAEBDD

square

#C5BAEB #EBBAC8 #E0EBBA #BAEBDD

split-complementary

#C5BAEB #EBDDBA #C8EBBA

monochromatic

#755BCF #9D8BDD #C5BAEB #EBE7F8 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C5BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BAEB

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BAEB	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.069 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cef1',
    500: '#c5baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5baeb;
$custom-light: #d7cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BAEB

secondary

#B8C782

accent

#C3239F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BAEB

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

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