#C9BDCB#C9BDCB

#C9BDCB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.023 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BDCB
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(291, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 6.76, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 8.72, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0183 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.023 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0628, 53.1248, 63.9470)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BDCB #BFCBBD

analogous

#C2BDCB #C9BDCB #CBBDC6

triadic

#C9BDCB #CBC9BD #BDCBC9

tetradic

#C9BDCB #CBC2BD #BFCBBD #BDC6CB

square

#C9BDCB #CBC2BD #BFCBBD #BDC6CB

split-complementary

#C9BDCB #C6CBBD #BDCBC2

monochromatic

#917995 #AD9BB0 #C9BDCB #E5DFE6 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C9BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BDCB

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BDCB	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)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.023 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0da',
    500: '#c9bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bdcb;
$custom-light: #d9d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.02342,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BDCB

secondary

#909F8D

accent

#96505A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BDCB

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

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