#C5BECB#C5BECB

#C5BECB is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.020 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BECB
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 6%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, 4.85, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 7.44, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% 0.0125 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.02 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2171, 53.0091, 63.9692)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BECB #C4CBBE

analogous

#BFBECB #C5BECB #CBBECB

triadic

#C5BECB #CBC5BE #BECBC5

tetradic

#C5BECB #CBBFBE #C4CBBE #BECBCB

square

#C5BECB #CBBFBE #C4CBBE #BECBCB

split-complementary

#C5BECB #CBCBBE #BECBBF

monochromatic

#887A95 #A79CB0 #C5BECB #E3E0E6 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C5BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BECB

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BECB	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.020 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1da',
    500: '#c5becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5becb;
$custom-light: #d6d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81113,
    "c": 0.01955,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BECB

secondary

#969F8E

accent

#955070

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BECB

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

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