#C9BBDE#C9BBDE

#C9BBDE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.051 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBDE
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(264, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 11.53, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 19.47, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.028 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.051 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0401, 53.2321, 76.4683)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBDE #D0DEBB

analogous

#BBBEDE #C9BBDE #DABBDE

triadic

#C9BBDE #DEC9BB #BBDEC9

tetradic

#C9BBDE #DEBBBE #D0DEBB #BBDEDA

square

#C9BBDE #DEBBBE #D0DEBB #BBDEDA

split-complementary

#C9BBDE #DEDABB #BEDEBB

monochromatic

#8869B6 #A892CA #C9BBDE #EAE4F2 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C9BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBDE

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBDE	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.051 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfe8',
    500: '#c9bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbde;
$custom-light: #d9cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81482,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBDE

secondary

#A3B687

accent

#AD387E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBDE

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

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