#C9BBCF#C9BBCF

#C9BBCF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.032 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBCF
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(282, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 8.59, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 11.91, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0227 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.032 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1184, 52.4635, 66.3475)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBCF #C1CFBB

analogous

#BFBBCF #C9BBCF #CFBBCB

triadic

#C9BBCF #CFC9BB #BBCFC9

tetradic

#C9BBCF #CFBFBB #C1CFBB #BBCBCF

square

#C9BBCF #CFBFBB #C1CFBB #BBCBCF

split-complementary

#C9BBCF #CBCFBB #BBCFBF

monochromatic

#90739C #AD97B6 #C9BBCF #E5DFE8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C9BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBCF

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBCF	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.032 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfdd',
    500: '#c9bbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbcf;
$custom-light: #d9cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.03163,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBCF

secondary

#92A48B

accent

#9C4A62

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBCF

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

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