#C9BBCB#C9BBCB

#C9BBCB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.027 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBCB
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(293, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 7.83, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 10.02, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0213 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.027 322)
XYZ	xyz(52.6356, 52.2703, 63.8046)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBCB #BDCBBB

analogous

#C1BBCB #C9BBCB #CBBBC5

triadic

#C9BBCB #CBC9BB #BBCBC9

tetradic

#C9BBCB #CBC1BB #BDCBBB #BBC5CB

square

#C9BBCB #CBC1BB #BDCBBB #BBC5CB

split-complementary

#C9BBCB #C5CBBB #BBCBC1

monochromatic

#927696 #AD98B0 #C9BBCB #E5DEE6 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C9BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBCB

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBCB	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.027 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfda',
    500: '#c9bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbcb;
$custom-light: #d9cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80849,
    "c": 0.02698,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.5227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBCB

secondary

#8E9F8B

accent

#974E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBCB

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

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