#C5BDCC#C5BDCC

#C5BDCC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.023 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BDCC
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 5.58, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 8.58, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0143 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.023 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1208, 52.6253, 64.5269)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BDCC #C4CCBD

analogous

#BEBDCC #C5BDCC #CCBDCC

triadic

#C5BDCC #CCC5BD #BDCCC5

tetradic

#C5BDCC #CCBEBD #C4CCBD #BDCCCC

square

#C5BDCC #CCBEBD #C4CCBD #BDCCCC

split-complementary

#C5BDCC #CCCCBD #BDCCBE

monochromatic

#887897 #A79AB1 #C5BDCC #E3E0E7 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C5BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BDCC

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BDCC	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.023 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0db',
    500: '#c5bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bdcc;
$custom-light: #d6d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.02254,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BDCC

secondary

#96A08D

accent

#974F70

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BDCC

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

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