#C5BDCD#C5BDCD

#C5BDCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.024 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BDCD
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 5.77, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 9.09, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0147 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.024 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2411, 52.6734, 65.1606)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BDCD #C5CDBD

analogous

#BDBDCD #C5BDCD #CDBDCD

triadic

#C5BDCD #CDC5BD #BDCDC5

tetradic

#C5BDCD #CDBDBD #C5CDBD #BDCDCD

square

#C5BDCD #CDBDBD #C5CDBD #BDCDCD

split-complementary

#C5BDCD #CDCDBD #BDCDBD

monochromatic

#887798 #A69AB3 #C5BDCD #E4E0E7 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C5BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BDCD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BDCD	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)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.024 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0dc',
    500: '#c5bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bdcd;
$custom-light: #d6d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80976,
    "c": 0.02382,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BDCD

secondary

#97A18D

accent

#984E73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BDCD

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

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