#C5BBDE#C5BBDE

#C5BBDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.050 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBDE
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 10.23, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 19.16, 302.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.0237 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.05 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9785, 52.6848, 76.4185)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBDE #D4DEBB

analogous

#BBC2DE #C5BBDE #D6BBDE

triadic

#C5BBDE #DEC5BB #BBDEC5

tetradic

#C5BBDE #DEBBC2 #D4DEBB #BBDED6

square

#C5BBDE #DEBBC2 #D4DEBB #BBDED6

split-complementary

#C5BBDE #DED6BB #C2DEBB

monochromatic

#7F69B6 #A292CA #C5BBDE #E8E4F2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C5BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBDE

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBDE	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.050 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe8',
    500: '#c5bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbde;
$custom-light: #d6cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.0498,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBDE

secondary

#A9B687

accent

#AD388C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBDE

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

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