#C9BCFF#C9BCFF

#C9BCFF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.094 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BCFF
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(252, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, 18.04, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 36.15, 299.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% 0.0368 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.094 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1165, 55.6033, 102.1537)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BCFF #F2FFBC

analogous

#BCD1FF #C9BCFF #EBBCFF

triadic

#C9BCFF #FFC9BC #BCFFC9

tetradic

#C9BCFF #FFBCD1 #F2FFBC #BCFFEB

square

#C9BCFF #FFBCD1 #F2FFBC #BCFFEB

split-complementary

#C9BCFF #FFEBBC #D1FFBC

monochromatic

#6642FF #987FFF #C9BCFF #E6E0FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C9BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BCFF

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BCFF	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC4FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.094 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0ff',
    500: '#c9bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bcff;
$custom-light: #dad0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.642,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8292,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BCFF

secondary

#D2E778

accent

#E600B9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#151418

muted

#848386

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BCFF

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

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