#C9BCDA#C9BCDA

#C9BCDA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.044 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCDA
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 10.19, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 16.78, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0252 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.044 305)
XYZ	xyz(54.7232, 53.4460, 73.7493)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCDA #CDDABC

analogous

#BCBEDA #C9BCDA #D8BCDA

triadic

#C9BCDA #DAC9BC #BCDAC9

tetradic

#C9BCDA #DABCBE #CDDABC #BCDAD8

square

#C9BCDA #DABCBE #CDDABC #BCDAD8

split-complementary

#C9BCDA #DAD8BC #BEDABC

monochromatic

#896DAE #A995C4 #C9BCDA #E9E3F0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C9BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCDA

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCDA	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.044 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0e5',
    500: '#c9bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcda;
$custom-light: #d9d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81538,
    "c": 0.04384,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.53446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCDA

secondary

#A0B189

accent

#A73E7A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCDA

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

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