#C5BFDB#C5BFDB

#C5BFDB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.039 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BFDB
RGB	rgb(197, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, 7.46, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 15.17, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% 0.0169 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.039 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4404, 54.2462, 74.6066)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BFDB #D5DBBF

analogous

#BFC7DB #C5BFDB #D3BFDB

triadic

#C5BFDB #DBC5BF #BFDBC5

tetradic

#C5BFDB #DBBFC7 #D5DBBF #BFDBD3

square

#C5BFDB #DBBFC7 #D5DBBF #BFDBD3

split-complementary

#C5BFDB #DBD3BF #C7DBBF

monochromatic

#7E71AF #A298C5 #C5BFDB #E8E6F1 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C5BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BFDB

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BFDB	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.039 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2e6',
    500: '#c5bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bfdb;
$custom-light: #d6d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81835,
    "c": 0.0394,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BFDB

secondary

#AAB28C

accent

#A73F90

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BFDB

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

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