#C9BBCD#C9BBCD

#C9BBCD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.029 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBCD
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(287, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 8.21, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 10.95, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.022 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.029 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8755, 52.3663, 65.0679)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBCD #BFCDBB

analogous

#C0BBCD #C9BBCD #CDBBC8

triadic

#C9BBCD #CDC9BB #BBCDC9

tetradic

#C9BBCD #CDC0BB #BFCDBB #BBC8CD

square

#C9BBCD #CDC0BB #BFCDBB #BBC8CD

split-complementary

#C9BBCD #C8CDBB #BBCDC0

monochromatic

#917499 #AD98B3 #C9BBCD #E5DEE7 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C9BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBCD

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBCD	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.029 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfdc',
    500: '#c9bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbcd;
$custom-light: #d9cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80913,
    "c": 0.02926,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBCD

secondary

#90A18B

accent

#994C5D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBCD

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

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