#C5BEDB#C5BEDB

#C5BEDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.041 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEDB
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 8.00, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 15.77, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% 0.0183 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.041 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2231, 53.8115, 74.5341)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEDB #D4DBBE

analogous

#BEC5DB #C5BEDB #D3BEDB

triadic

#C5BEDB #DBC5BE #BEDBC5

tetradic

#C5BEDB #DBBEC5 #D4DBBE #BEDBD3

square

#C5BEDB #DBBEC5 #D4DBBE #BEDBD3

split-complementary

#C5BEDB #DBD3BE #C5DBBE

monochromatic

#7F6FAF #A297C5 #C5BEDB #E8E5F1 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#C5BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEDB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEDB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.041 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1e6',
    500: '#c5bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bedb;
$custom-light: #d6d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 28.713,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81637,
    "c": 0.04096,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEDB

secondary

#A9B28B

accent

#A73E8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEDB

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

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