#C5BCCE#C5BCCE

#C5BCCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.027 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCCE
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 6.50, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 10.23, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0165 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.027 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1478, 52.2931, 65.7269)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCCE #C5CEBC

analogous

#BCBCCE #C5BCCE #CEBCCE

triadic

#C5BCCE #CEC5BC #BCCEC5

tetradic

#C5BCCE #CEBCBC #C5CEBC #BCCECE

square

#C5BCCE #CEBCBC #C5CEBC #BCCECE

split-complementary

#C5BCCE #CECEBC #BCCEBC

monochromatic

#88759A #A699B4 #C5BCCE #E4DFE8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C5BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCCE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCCE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.027 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0dd',
    500: '#c5bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcce;
$custom-light: #d6d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.02681,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCCE

secondary

#97A28C

accent

#9A4C73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCCE

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

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