#C9BBCC#C9BBCC

#C9BBCC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.028 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBCC
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(289, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 8.02, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 10.48, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.0216 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.028 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7551, 52.3182, 64.4343)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBCC #BECCBB

analogous

#C1BBCC #C9BBCC #CCBBC7

triadic

#C9BBCC #CCC9BB #BBCCC9

tetradic

#C9BBCC #CCC1BB #BECCBB #BBC7CC

square

#C9BBCC #CCC1BB #BECCBB #BBC7CC

split-complementary

#C9BBCC #C7CCBB #BBCCC1

monochromatic

#917598 #AD98B2 #C9BBCC #E5DEE6 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C9BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBCC

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBCC	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.028 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfdb',
    500: '#c9bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbcc;
$custom-light: #d9cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80881,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBCC

secondary

#8FA08B

accent

#984D5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBCC

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

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