#C9BEEA#C9BEEA

#C9BEEA is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.062 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEEA
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 234)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, 12.39, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 23.90, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% 0.0277 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.062 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3491, 55.1847, 85.4563)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEEA #DFEABE

analogous

#BEC9EA #C9BEEA #DFBEEA

triadic

#C9BEEA #EAC9BE #BEEAC9

tetradic

#C9BEEA #EABEC9 #DFEABE #BEEADF

square

#C9BEEA #EABEC9 #DFEABE #BEEADF

split-complementary

#C9BEEA #EADFBE #C9EABE

monochromatic

#7C61CC #A390DB #C9BEEA #ECE8F8 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9BEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C9BEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEEA

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEEA	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9beea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.062 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1f0',
    500: '#c9beea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9beea;
$custom-light: #d9d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9beea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 51.163,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82492,
    "c": 0.06206,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEEA

secondary

#B6C686

accent

#BF2799

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEEA

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

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