#C9BEDE#C9BEDE

#C9BEDE is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.046 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEDE
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, 9.91, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 17.61, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% 0.0237 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.046 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6832, 54.5183, 76.6826)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEDE #D3DEBE

analogous

#BEC3DE #C9BEDE #D9BEDE

triadic

#C9BEDE #DEC9BE #BEDEC9

tetradic

#C9BEDE #DEBEC3 #D3DEBE #BEDED9

square

#C9BEDE #DEBEC3 #D3DEBE #BEDED9

split-complementary

#C9BEDE #DED9BE #C3DEBE

monochromatic

#866DB5 #A795C9 #C9BEDE #EBE7F3 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C9BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#C9BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEDE

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEDE	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.046 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1e8',
    500: '#c9bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bede;
$custom-light: #d9d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82066,
    "c": 0.04584,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEDE

secondary

#A7B68A

accent

#AB3A84

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEDE

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

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