#C9BBCA#C9BBCA

#C9BBCA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.026 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBCA
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(296, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 7.64, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 9.57, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.0209 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.026 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5168, 52.2228, 63.1790)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBCA #BCCABB

analogous

#C2BBCA #C9BBCA #CABBC4

triadic

#C9BBCA #CAC9BB #BBCAC9

tetradic

#C9BBCA #CAC2BB #BCCABB #BBC4CA

square

#C9BBCA #CAC2BB #BCCABB #BBC4CA

split-complementary

#C9BBCA #C4CABB #BBCAC2

monochromatic

#927694 #AE99AF #C9BBCA #E4DDE5 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C9BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBCA

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBCA	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.026 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfda',
    500: '#c9bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbca;
$custom-light: #d9cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 12.397,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.02587,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBCA

secondary

#8D9E8B

accent

#974F54

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBCA

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

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