#C5BBDA#C5BBDA

#C5BBDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.044 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBDA
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(259, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 9.41, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 17.06, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0223 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.044 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4488, 52.4729, 73.6285)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBDA #D0DABB

analogous

#BBC1DA #C5BBDA #D5BBDA

triadic

#C5BBDA #DAC5BB #BBDAC5

tetradic

#C5BBDA #DABBC1 #D0DABB #BBDAD5

square

#C5BBDA #DABBC1 #D0DABB #BBDAD5

split-complementary

#C5BBDA #DAD5BB #C1DABB

monochromatic

#816CAF #A393C4 #C5BBDA #E7E3F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C5BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBDA

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBDA	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.044 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe5',
    500: '#c5bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbda;
$custom-light: #d6cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81012,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBDA

secondary

#A4B188

accent

#A83D86

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBDA

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

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