#C5BBCD#C5BBCD

#C5BBCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.027 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBCD
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 6.85, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 10.36, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0176 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.027 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8139, 51.8189, 65.0182)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBCD #C3CDBB

analogous

#BCBBCD #C5BBCD #CDBBCC

triadic

#C5BBCD #CDC5BB #BBCDC5

tetradic

#C5BBCD #CDBCBB #C3CDBB #BBCCCD

square

#C5BBCD #CDBCBB #C3CDBB #BBCCCD

split-complementary

#C5BBCD #CCCDBB #BBCDBC

monochromatic

#897499 #A798B3 #C5BBCD #E3DEE7 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C5BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBCD

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBCD	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.027 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfdc',
    500: '#c5bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbcd;
$custom-light: #d6cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80578,
    "c": 0.02724,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBCD

secondary

#95A18B

accent

#994C6E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBCD

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

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