#C9BFCD#C9BFCD

#C9BFCD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.022 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFCD
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 12%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(283, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, 6.06, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 8.36, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% 0.0161 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.022 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7359, 54.0871, 65.3547)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFCD #C3CDBF

analogous

#C2BFCD #C9BFCD #CDBFCA

triadic

#C9BFCD #CDC9BF #BFCDC9

tetradic

#C9BFCD #CDC2BF #C3CDBF #BFCACD

square

#C9BFCD #CDC2BF #C3CDBF #BFCACD

split-complementary

#C9BFCD #CACDBF #BFCDC2

monochromatic

#8F7A97 #AC9DB2 #C9BFCD #E6E1E8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C9BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFCD

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFCD	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.022 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2dc',
    500: '#c9bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfcd;
$custom-light: #d9d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81704,
    "c": 0.02221,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFCD

secondary

#94A18F

accent

#964F63

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFCD

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

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