#C5BFCD#C5BFCD

#C5BFCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.020 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFCD
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 4.70, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 7.83, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0118 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.02 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6743, 53.5398, 65.3050)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFCD #C7CDBF

analogous

#BFC0CD #C5BFCD #CCBFCD

triadic

#C5BFCD #CDC5BF #BFCDC5

tetradic

#C5BFCD #CDBFC0 #C7CDBF #BFCDCC

square

#C5BFCD #CDBFC0 #C7CDBF #BFCDCC

split-complementary

#C5BFCD #CDCCBF #C0CDBF

monochromatic

#877A97 #A69DB2 #C5BFCD #E4E1E8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C5BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFCD

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFCD	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.020 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2dc',
    500: '#c5bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfcd;
$custom-light: #d6d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81376,
    "c": 0.02045,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFCD

secondary

#99A18F

accent

#964F78

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFCD

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

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