#C5BBDD#C5BBDD

#C5BBDD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.048 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBDD
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(258, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 10.03, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 18.64, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0233 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.048 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8449, 52.6313, 75.7148)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBDD #D3DDBB

analogous

#BBC2DD #C5BBDD #D6BBDD

triadic

#C5BBDD #DDC5BB #BBDDC5

tetradic

#C5BBDD #DDBBC2 #D3DDBB #BBDDD6

square

#C5BBDD #DDBBC2 #D3DDBB #BBDDD6

split-complementary

#C5BBDD #DDD6BB #C2DDBB

monochromatic

#7F69B4 #A292C9 #C5BBDD #E8E4F1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C5BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBDD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBDD	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.048 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe7',
    500: '#c5bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbdd;
$custom-light: #d6cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81116,
    "c": 0.04845,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBDD

secondary

#A7B587

accent

#AC398A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBDD

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

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