#C5BBC8#C5BBC8

#C5BBC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBC8
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 5.89, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 7.91, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0158 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2200, 51.5813, 61.8902)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBC8 #BEC8BB

analogous

#BEBBC8 #C5BBC8 #C8BBC4

triadic

#C5BBC8 #C8C5BB #BBC8C5

tetradic

#C5BBC8 #C8BEBB #BEC8BB #BBC4C8

square

#C5BBC8 #C8BEBB #BEC8BB #BBC4C8

split-complementary

#C5BBC8 #C4C8BB #BBC8BE

monochromatic

#8B7791 #A899AD #C5BBC8 #E2DDE3 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C5BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBC8

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBC8	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfd8',
    500: '#c5bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbc8;
$custom-light: #d6cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.02111,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBC8

secondary

#8F9C8C

accent

#955161

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBC8

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

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