#C5BBCB#C5BBCB

#C5BBCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBCB
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 6.46, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 9.36, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0169 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.025 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5740, 51.7230, 63.7549)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBCB #C1CBBB

analogous

#BDBBCB #C5BBCB #CBBBC9

triadic

#C5BBCB #CBC5BB #BBCBC5

tetradic

#C5BBCB #CBBDBB #C1CBBB #BBC9CB

square

#C5BBCB #CBBDBB #C1CBBB #BBC9CB

split-complementary

#C5BBCB #C9CBBB #BBCBBD

monochromatic

#8A7696 #A798B0 #C5BBCB #E3DEE6 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C5BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBCB

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBCB	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfda',
    500: '#c5bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbcb;
$custom-light: #d6cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80514,
    "c": 0.02473,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBCB

secondary

#939F8B

accent

#974E6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBCB

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

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