#C9BBDA#C9BBDA

#C9BBDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.046 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBDA
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 10.73, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 17.41, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0266 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.046 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5103, 53.0202, 73.6783)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBDA #CCDABB

analogous

#BBBDDA #C9BBDA #D9BBDA

triadic

#C9BBDA #DAC9BB #BBDAC9

tetradic

#C9BBDA #DABBBD #CCDABB #BBDAD9

square

#C9BBDA #DABBBD #CCDABB #BBDAD9

split-complementary

#C9BBDA #DAD9BB #BDDABB

monochromatic

#8A6CAF #AA93C4 #C9BBDA #E8E3F0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C9BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBDA

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBDA	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.046 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfe5',
    500: '#c9bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbda;
$custom-light: #d9cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.04551,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBDA

secondary

#9FB188

accent

#A83D78

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBDA

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

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