#C9BEEE#C9BEEE

#C9BEEE is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.068 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEEE
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, 13.23, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 26.00, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% 0.029 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.068 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9302, 55.4171, 88.5170)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEEE #E3EEBE

analogous

#BECBEE #C9BEEE #E1BEEE

triadic

#C9BEEE #EEC9BE #BEEEC9

tetradic

#C9BEEE #EEBECB #E3EEBE #BEEEE1

square

#C9BEEE #EEBECB #E3EEBE #BEEEE1

split-complementary

#C9BEEE #EEE1BE #CBEEBE

monochromatic

#785DD5 #A18DE1 #C9BEEE #EBE7F9 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9BEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C9BEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEEE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEEE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9beee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.068 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1f3',
    500: '#c9beee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9beee;
$custom-light: #d9d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9beee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8264,
    "c": 0.06751,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEEE

secondary

#BBCC84

accent

#C61FA0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEEE

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

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