#C5BBD3#C5BBD3

#C5BBD3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBD3
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 8.01, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 13.42, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0198 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5520, 52.1142, 68.9059)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBD3 #C9D3BB

analogous

#BBBDD3 #C5BBD3 #D1BBD3

triadic

#C5BBD3 #D3C5BB #BBD3C5

tetradic

#C5BBD3 #D3BBBD #C9D3BB #BBD3D1

square

#C5BBD3 #D3BBBD #C9D3BB #BBD3D1

split-complementary

#C5BBD3 #D3D1BB #BDD3BB

monochromatic

#8671A3 #A596BB #C5BBD3 #E5E0EB #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBD3

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBD3	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe0',
    500: '#c5bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbd3;
$custom-light: #d6cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80775,
    "c": 0.03502,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBD3

secondary

#9CA88A

accent

#A0467A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBD3

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

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