#C5BEDA#C5BEDA

#C5BEDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.040 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEDA
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 7.79, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 15.24, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% 0.018 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.04 297)
XYZ	xyz(54.0918, 53.7590, 73.8429)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEDA #D3DABE

analogous

#BEC5DA #C5BEDA #D3BEDA

triadic

#C5BEDA #DAC5BE #BEDAC5

tetradic

#C5BEDA #DABEC5 #D3DABE #BEDAD3

square

#C5BEDA #DABEC5 #D3DABE #BEDAD3

split-complementary

#C5BEDA #DAD3BE #C5DABE

monochromatic

#7F70AE #A297C4 #C5BEDA #E8E5F0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5BEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C5BEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEDA

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEDA	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5beda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.040 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1e5',
    500: '#c5beda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5beda;
$custom-light: #d6d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5beda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81603,
    "c": 0.03959,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.53759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEDA

secondary

#A7B18B

accent

#A63F8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEDA

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

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