#C9BBFF#C9BBFF

#C9BBFF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.095 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BBFF
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(252, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, 18.59, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 36.75, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% 0.0382 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.095 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9036, 55.1775, 102.0827)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BBFF #F1FFBB

analogous

#BBCFFF #C9BBFF #EBBBFF

triadic

#C9BBFF #FFC9BB #BBFFC9

tetradic

#C9BBFF #FFBBCF #F1FFBB #BBFFEB

square

#C9BBFF #FFBBCF #F1FFBB #BBFFEB

split-complementary

#C9BBFF #FFEBBB #CFFFBB

monochromatic

#6841FF #987EFF #C9BBFF #E7E0FF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C9BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BBFF

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BBFF	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.095 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacfff',
    500: '#c9bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bbff;
$custom-light: #dacfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82732,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BBFF

secondary

#D0E777

accent

#E600B6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#151318

muted

#848386

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BBFF

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

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