#C9BEFF#C9BEFF

#C9BEFF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.091 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEFF
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, 16.95, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 34.96, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0341 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.091 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5467, 56.4637, 102.2971)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEFF #F4FFBE

analogous

#BED4FF #C9BEFF #EABEFF

triadic

#C9BEFF #FFC9BE #BEFFC9

tetradic

#C9BEFF #FFBED4 #F4FFBE #BEFFEA

square

#C9BEFF #FFBED4 #F4FFBE #BEFFEA

split-complementary

#C9BEFF #FFEABE #D4FFBE

monochromatic

#6344FF #9681FF #C9BEFF #E6E0FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9BEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C9BEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEFF

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEFF	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9beff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.091 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad1ff',
    500: '#c9beff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9beff;
$custom-light: #dad1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9beff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83298,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEFF

secondary

#D5E77A

accent

#E600BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#151418

muted

#848386

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEFF

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

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