#C9BEE2#C9BEE2

#C9BEE2 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.051 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEE2
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, 10.73, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 19.70, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% 0.025 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.051 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2256, 54.7353, 79.5396)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEE2 #D7E2BE

analogous

#BEC5E2 #C9BEE2 #DBBEE2

triadic

#C9BEE2 #E2C9BE #BEE2C9

tetradic

#C9BEE2 #E2BEC5 #D7E2BE #BEE2DB

square

#C9BEE2 #E2BEC5 #D7E2BE #BEE2DB

split-complementary

#C9BEE2 #E2DBBE #C5E2BE

monochromatic

#8369BC #A694CF #C9BEE2 #ECE8F5 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C9BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C9BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEE2

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEE2	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.051 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1eb',
    500: '#c9bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bee2;
$custom-light: #d9d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEE2

secondary

#ACBB89

accent

#B1348B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEE2

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

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