#C5BCDE#C5BCDE

#C5BCDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.048 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCDE
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(256, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 9.69, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 18.56, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0222 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.048 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1914, 53.1105, 76.4895)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCDE #D5DEBC

analogous

#BCC4DE #C5BCDE #D6BCDE

triadic

#C5BCDE #DEC5BC #BCDEC5

tetradic

#C5BCDE #DEBCC4 #D5DEBC #BCDED6

square

#C5BCDE #DEBCC4 #D5DEBC #BCDED6

split-complementary

#C5BCDE #DED6BC #C4DEBC

monochromatic

#7E6AB6 #A293CA #C5BCDE #E8E5F2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C5BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCDE

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCDE	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.048 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e8',
    500: '#c5bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcde;
$custom-light: #d6d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81347,
    "c": 0.04821,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCDE

secondary

#AAB688

accent

#AD398E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCDE

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

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