#C5BBDB#C5BBDB

#C5BBDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.046 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBDB
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 9.62, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 17.59, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0226 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.046 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5800, 52.5254, 74.3198)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBDB #D1DBBB

analogous

#BBC1DB #C5BBDB #D5BBDB

triadic

#C5BBDB #DBC5BB #BBDBC5

tetradic

#C5BBDB #DBBBC1 #D1DBBB #BBDBD5

square

#C5BBDB #DBBBC1 #D1DBBB #BBDBD5

split-complementary

#C5BBDB #DBD5BB #C1DBBB

monochromatic

#816BB1 #A393C6 #C5BBDB #E7E3F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C5BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBDB

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBDB	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.046 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe6',
    500: '#c5bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbdb;
$custom-light: #d6cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81047,
    "c": 0.04574,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBDB

secondary

#A5B288

accent

#A93C87

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBDB

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

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