#C5BFCC#C5BFCC

#C5BFCC is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.019 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFCC
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(268, 6%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 4.51, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 7.32, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0114 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.019 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5540, 53.4916, 64.6713)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFCC #C6CCBF

analogous

#BFC0CC #C5BFCC #CBBFCC

triadic

#C5BFCC #CCC5BF #BFCCC5

tetradic

#C5BFCC #CCBFC0 #C6CCBF #BFCCCB

square

#C5BFCC #CCBFC0 #C6CCBF #BFCCCB

split-complementary

#C5BFCC #CCCBBF #C0CCBF

monochromatic

#877B96 #A69DB1 #C5BFCC #E4E1E7 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C5BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFCC

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFCC	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.019 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2db',
    500: '#c5bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfcc;
$custom-light: #d6d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 11.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81344,
    "c": 0.01913,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFCC

secondary

#98A08F

accent

#955075

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFCC

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

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