#C9BDCD#C9BDCD

#C9BDCD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.026 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BDCD
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(285, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 7.13, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 9.65, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% 0.019 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.026 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3027, 53.2208, 65.2104)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BDCD #C1CDBD

analogous

#C1BDCD #C9BDCD #CDBDC9

triadic

#C9BDCD #CDC9BD #BDCDC9

tetradic

#C9BDCD #CDC1BD #C1CDBD #BDC9CD

square

#C9BDCD #CDC1BD #C1CDBD #BDC9CD

split-complementary

#C9BDCD #C9CDBD #BDCDC1

monochromatic

#907798 #AD9AB3 #C9BDCD #E5E0E7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C9BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BDCD

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BDCD	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.026 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0dc',
    500: '#c9bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bdcd;
$custom-light: #d9d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BDCD

secondary

#92A18D

accent

#984E60

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BDCD

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

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