#C9BCCE#C9BCCE

#C9BCCE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.029 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCCE
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(283, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 7.86, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 10.78, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0209 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.029 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2094, 52.8405, 65.7766)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCCE #C1CEBC

analogous

#C0BCCE #C9BCCE #CEBCCA

triadic

#C9BCCE #CEC9BC #BCCEC9

tetradic

#C9BCCE #CEC0BC #C1CEBC #BCCACE

square

#C9BCCE #CEC0BC #C1CEBC #BCCACE

split-complementary

#C9BCCE #CACEBC #BCCEC0

monochromatic

#90759A #AD99B4 #C9BCCE #E5DFE8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C9BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCCE

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCCE	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.029 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0dd',
    500: '#c9bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcce;
$custom-light: #d9d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.02868,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCCE

secondary

#92A28C

accent

#9A4C61

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCCE

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