#C5BFCE#C5BFCE

#C5BFCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.022 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFCE
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(264, 7%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 4.89, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 8.34, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% 0.0122 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.022 304)
XYZ	xyz(52.7954, 53.5882, 65.9427)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFCE #C8CEBF

analogous

#BFC0CE #C5BFCE #CCBFCE

triadic

#C5BFCE #CEC5BF #BFCEC5

tetradic

#C5BFCE #CEBFC0 #C8CEBF #BFCECC

square

#C5BFCE #CEBFC0 #C8CEBF #BFCECC

split-complementary

#C5BFCE #CECCBF #C0CEBF

monochromatic

#867A99 #A69CB3 #C5BFCE #E4E2E9 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C5BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFCE

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFCE	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.022 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2dd',
    500: '#c5bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfce;
$custom-light: #d6d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 13.274,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81407,
    "c": 0.02176,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.53588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFCE

secondary

#9BA28F

accent

#974E7A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFCE

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

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