#C5BDCA#C5BDCA

#C5BDCA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.020 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BDCA
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(277, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 5.20, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 7.58, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.0136 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.02 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8825, 52.5299, 63.2717)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BDCA #C2CABD

analogous

#BFBDCA #C5BDCA #CABDC9

triadic

#C5BDCA #CAC5BD #BDCAC5

tetradic

#C5BDCA #CABFBD #C2CABD #BDC9CA

square

#C5BDCA #CABFBD #C2CABD #BDC9CA

split-complementary

#C5BDCA #C9CABD #BDCABF

monochromatic

#897993 #A79BAF #C5BDCA #E3DFE5 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C5BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BDCA

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BDCA	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.020 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0da',
    500: '#c5bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bdca;
$custom-light: #d6d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.02001,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BDCA

secondary

#949E8E

accent

#95516B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BDCA

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

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