#C5BBD4#C5BBD4

#C5BBD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.036 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBD4
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(264, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 8.21, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 13.94, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0202 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.036 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6778, 52.1645, 69.5682)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBD4 #CAD4BB

analogous

#BBBDD4 #C5BBD4 #D1BBD4

triadic

#C5BBD4 #D4C5BB #BBD4C5

tetradic

#C5BBD4 #D4BBBD #CAD4BB #BBD4D1

square

#C5BBD4 #D4BBBD #CAD4BB #BBD4D1

split-complementary

#C5BBD4 #D4D1BB #BDD4BB

monochromatic

#8570A5 #A596BC #C5BBD4 #E5E0EC #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C5BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBD4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBD4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.036 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe1',
    500: '#c5bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbd4;
$custom-light: #d6cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80808,
    "c": 0.03635,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBD4

secondary

#9DAA8A

accent

#A1457C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBD4

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

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