#C5BBDF#C5BBDF

#C5BBDF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.051 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BBDF
RGB	rgb(197, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 10.44, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 19.69, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.024 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.051 298)
XYZ	xyz(54.1129, 52.7385, 77.1265)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BBDF #D5DFBB

analogous

#BBC3DF #C5BBDF #D7BBDF

triadic

#C5BBDF #DFC5BB #BBDFC5

tetradic

#C5BBDF #DFBBC3 #D5DFBB #BBDFD7

square

#C5BBDF #DFBBC3 #D5DFBB #BBDFD7

split-complementary

#C5BBDF #DFD7BB #C3DFBB

monochromatic

#7E68B8 #A291CB #C5BBDF #E8E5F3 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C5BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BBDF

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BBDF	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.051 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfe9',
    500: '#c5bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bbdf;
$custom-light: #d6cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81187,
    "c": 0.05116,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.52739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BBDF

secondary

#AAB787

accent

#AF378D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BBDF

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

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