#C5BDCF#C5BDCF

#C5BDCF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.026 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BDCF
RGB	rgb(197, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(267, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(267, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 6.15, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 10.11, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0154 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.026 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4841, 52.7706, 66.4402)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BDCF #C7CFBD

analogous

#BDBECF #C5BDCF #CEBDCF

triadic

#C5BDCF #CFC5BD #BDCFC5

tetradic

#C5BDCF #CFBDBE #C7CFBD #BDCFCE

square

#C5BDCF #CFBDBE #C7CFBD #BDCFCE

split-complementary

#C5BDCF #CFCEBD #BECFBD

monochromatic

#87769B #A69AB5 #C5BDCF #E4E0E9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C5BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BDCF

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BDCF	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.026 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0dd',
    500: '#c5bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bdcf;
$custom-light: #d6d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.02641,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BDCF

secondary

#99A38D

accent

#9A4B77

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BDCF

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

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