#C9BFCE#C9BFCE

#C9BFCE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.023 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFCE
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(280, 7%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, 6.25, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 8.84, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0165 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.023 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8570, 54.1356, 65.9925)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFCE #C4CEBF

analogous

#C1BFCE #C9BFCE #CEBFCB

triadic

#C9BFCE #CEC9BF #BFCEC9

tetradic

#C9BFCE #CEC1BF #C4CEBF #BFCBCE

square

#C9BFCE #CEC1BF #C4CEBF #BFCBCE

split-complementary

#C9BFCE #CBCEBF #BFCEC1

monochromatic

#8F7A99 #AC9CB3 #C9BFCE #E6E2E9 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C9BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFCE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFCE	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.023 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2dd',
    500: '#c9bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfce;
$custom-light: #d9d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 13.274,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81735,
    "c": 0.02342,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFCE

secondary

#95A28F

accent

#974E67

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFCE

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

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