#C5BCDA#C5BCDA

#C5BCDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.043 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCDA
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(258, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 8.87, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 16.45, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% 0.0208 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.043 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6616, 52.8986, 73.6995)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCDA #D1DABC

analogous

#BCC2DA #C5BCDA #D4BCDA

triadic

#C5BCDA #DAC5BC #BCDAC5

tetradic

#C5BCDA #DABCC2 #D1DABC #BCDAD4

square

#C5BCDA #DABCC2 #D1DABC #BCDAD4

split-complementary

#C5BCDA #DAD4BC #C2DABC

monochromatic

#816DAE #A395C4 #C5BCDA #E7E3F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C5BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCDA

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCDA	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.043 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e5',
    500: '#c5bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcda;
$custom-light: #d6d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81209,
    "c": 0.04277,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCDA

secondary

#A5B189

accent

#A73E88

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCDA

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

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