#C5BEE2#C5BEE2

#C5BEE2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.051 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEE2
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 38%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, 9.44, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 19.47, 298.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% 0.0207 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.051 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1640, 54.1879, 79.4899)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEE2 #DBE2BE

analogous

#BEC9E2 #C5BEE2 #D7BEE2

triadic

#C5BEE2 #E2C5BE #BEE2C5

tetradic

#C5BEE2 #E2BEC9 #DBE2BE #BEE2D7

square

#C5BEE2 #E2BEC9 #DBE2BE #BEE2D7

split-complementary

#C5BEE2 #E2D7BE #C9E2BE

monochromatic

#7969BC #9F94CF #C5BEE2 #EBE8F5 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C5BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEE2

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEE2	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.051 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1eb',
    500: '#c5bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bee2;
$custom-light: #d6d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81881,
    "c": 0.05057,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEE2

secondary

#B1BB89

accent

#B13499

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEE2

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

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