#C9BECE#C9BECE

#C9BECE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.025 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BECE
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(281, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, 6.78, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 9.48, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0179 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.025 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6396, 53.7009, 65.9201)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BECE #C3CEBE

analogous

#C1BECE #C9BECE #CEBECB

triadic

#C9BECE #CEC9BE #BECEC9

tetradic

#C9BECE #CEC1BE #C3CEBE #BECBCE

square

#C9BECE #CEC1BE #C3CEBE #BECBCE

split-complementary

#C9BECE #CBCEBE #BECEC1

monochromatic

#8F7899 #AC9BB4 #C9BECE #E6E1E8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#C9BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BECE

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BECE	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.025 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1dd',
    500: '#c9bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bece;
$custom-light: #d9d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81537,
    "c": 0.02516,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BECE

secondary

#94A28E

accent

#984D65

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BECE

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

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