#C5BECC#C5BECC

#C5BECC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.021 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BECC
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, 5.04, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 7.95, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0129 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.021 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3366, 53.0570, 64.5989)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BECC #C5CCBE

analogous

#BEBECC #C5BECC #CCBECC

triadic

#C5BECC #CCC5BE #BECCC5

tetradic

#C5BECC #CCBEBE #C5CCBE #BECCCC

square

#C5BECC #CCBEBE #C5CCBE #BECCCC

split-complementary

#C5BECC #CCCCBE #BECCBE

monochromatic

#887996 #A69CB1 #C5BECC #E4E0E7 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C5BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BECC

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BECC	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.021 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1db',
    500: '#c5becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5becc;
$custom-light: #d6d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81144,
    "c": 0.02082,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BECC

secondary

#97A08E

accent

#964F73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BECC

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

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