#C6BCD4#C6BCD4

#C6BCD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BCD4
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, 8.01, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 13.41, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0198 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1535, 52.7257, 69.6514)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BCD4 #CAD4BC

analogous

#BCBED4 #C6BCD4 #D2BCD4

triadic

#C6BCD4 #D4C6BC #BCD4C6

tetradic

#C6BCD4 #D4BCBE #CAD4BC #BCD4D2

square

#C6BCD4 #D4BCBE #CAD4BC #BCD4D2

split-complementary

#C6BCD4 #D4D2BC #BED4BC

monochromatic

#8771A4 #A697BC #C6BCD4 #E6E1EC #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C6BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C6BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BCD4

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BCD4	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d0e1',
    500: '#c6bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bcd4;
$custom-light: #d7d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81088,
    "c": 0.03499,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BCD4

secondary

#9DAA8B

accent

#A0457A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BCD4

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

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