#C9BBDF#C9BBDF

#C9BBDF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.052 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBDF
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(263, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 11.74, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 19.99, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0283 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.052 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1745, 53.2859, 77.1762)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBDF #D1DFBB

analogous

#BBBFDF #C9BBDF #DBBBDF

triadic

#C9BBDF #DFC9BB #BBDFC9

tetradic

#C9BBDF #DFBBBF #D1DFBB #BBDFDB

square

#C9BBDF #DFBBBF #D1DFBB #BBDFDB

split-complementary

#C9BBDF #DFDBBB #BFDFBB

monochromatic

#8768B8 #A891CB #C9BBDF #EAE5F3 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C9BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBDF

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBDF	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.052 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cfe9',
    500: '#c9bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbdf;
$custom-light: #d9cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81517,
    "c": 0.05209,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBDF

secondary

#A4B787

accent

#AF3780

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBDF

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

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