#C5BCDB#C5BCDB

#C5BCDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.044 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCDB
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(257, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 9.08, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 16.98, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% 0.0212 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.044 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7929, 52.9511, 74.3907)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCDB #D2DBBC

analogous

#BCC3DB #C5BCDB #D4BCDB

triadic

#C5BCDB #DBC5BC #BCDBC5

tetradic

#C5BCDB #DBBCC3 #D2DBBC #BCDBD4

square

#C5BCDB #DBBCC3 #D2DBBC #BCDBD4

split-complementary

#C5BCDB #DBD4BC #C3DBBC

monochromatic

#806CB0 #A394C6 #C5BCDB #E7E4F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C5BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCDB

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCDB	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.044 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e6',
    500: '#c5bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcdb;
$custom-light: #d6d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81243,
    "c": 0.04413,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCDB

secondary

#A6B289

accent

#A93D89

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCDB

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

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