#C5BEE4#C5BEE4

#C5BEE4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.053 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BEE4
RGB	rgb(197, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, 9.85, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 20.53, 298.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% 0.0214 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.053 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4401, 54.2983, 80.9436)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BEE4 #DDE4BE

analogous

#BECAE4 #C5BEE4 #D8BEE4

triadic

#C5BEE4 #E4C5BE #BEE4C5

tetradic

#C5BEE4 #E4BECA #DDE4BE #BEE4D8

square

#C5BEE4 #E4BECA #DDE4BE #BEE4D8

split-complementary

#C5BEE4 #E4D8BE #CAE4BE

monochromatic

#7868C0 #9E93D2 #C5BEE4 #ECE9F6 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C5BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BEE4

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BEE4	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.053 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1ec',
    500: '#c5bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bee4;
$custom-light: #d6d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 41.304,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81952,
    "c": 0.05333,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BEE4

secondary

#B4BE89

accent

#B4319C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BEE4

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

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