#C9BDCA#C9BDCA

#C9BDCA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.022 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BDCA
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, 6.57, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 8.26, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% 0.0179 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.022 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9440, 53.0773, 63.3215)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BDCA #BECABD

analogous

#C3BDCA #C9BDCA #CABDC5

triadic

#C9BDCA #CAC9BD #BDCAC9

tetradic

#C9BDCA #CAC3BD #BECABD #BDC5CA

square

#C9BDCA #CAC3BD #BECABD #BDC5CA

split-complementary

#C9BDCA #C5CABD #BDCAC3

monochromatic

#917993 #AD9BAF #C9BDCA #E5DFE5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C9BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BDCA

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BDCA	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.022 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0da',
    500: '#c9bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bdca;
$custom-light: #d9d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81214,
    "c": 0.0223,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BDCA

secondary

#8F9E8E

accent

#955156

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BDCA

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

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