#C5BCDF#C5BCDF

#C5BCDF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.050 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCDF
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 9.90, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 19.08, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0226 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.05 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3258, 53.1643, 77.1974)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCDF #D6DFBC

analogous

#BCC4DF #C5BCDF #D6BCDF

triadic

#C5BCDF #DFC5BC #BCDFC5

tetradic

#C5BCDF #DFBCC4 #D6DFBC #BCDFD6

square

#C5BCDF #DFBCC4 #D6DFBC #BCDFD6

split-complementary

#C5BCDF #DFD6BC #C4DFBC

monochromatic

#7D69B7 #A193CB #C5BCDF #E9E5F3 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C5BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCDF

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCDF	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.050 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0e9',
    500: '#c5bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcdf;
$custom-light: #d6d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81383,
    "c": 0.04958,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCDF

secondary

#ABB788

accent

#AE3790

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCDF

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

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