Color specimenNo. 12891645

#C4B5FD

Vivid Very Light Indigo

A deterministic reference card for #C4B5FD. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
196, 181, 253
HSL
252°, 95%, 85%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · violet

tailwind · violet 300

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-violet-300, text-violet-300, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · violet

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Class name
violet-300
Hex
#C4B5FD
Closest CSS named color
lightsteelblue
Full color breakdown
/color/c4b5fd

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #C4B5FD as the text color.

1.85:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #C4B5FD as the text color.

11.38:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #C4B5FD as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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