#C5BBCE#C5BBCE

#C5BBCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.029 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBCE
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(272, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 7.04, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 10.86, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.018 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.029 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9350, 51.8673, 65.6559)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBCE #C4CEBB

analogous

#BCBBCE #C5BBCE #CEBBCE

triadic

#C5BBCE #CEC5BB #BBCEC5

tetradic

#C5BBCE #CEBCBB #C4CEBB #BBCECE

square

#C5BBCE #CEBCBB #C4CEBB #BBCECE

split-complementary

#C5BBCE #CECEBB #BBCEBC

monochromatic

#88749B #A797B4 #C5BBCE #E3DFE8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C5BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBCE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBCE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.029 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfdd',
    500: '#c5bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbce;
$custom-light: #d6cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.02851,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBCE

secondary

#96A28B

accent

#9A4B71

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBCE

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

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