#C9BFCF#C9BFCF

#C9BFCF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFCF
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(278, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, 6.44, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 9.33, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0168 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.025 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9788, 54.1843, 66.6343)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFCF #C5CFBF

analogous

#C1BFCF #C9BFCF #CFBFCD

triadic

#C9BFCF #CFC9BF #BFCFC9

tetradic

#C9BFCF #CFC1BF #C5CFBF #BFCDCF

square

#C9BFCF #CFC1BF #C5CFBF #BFCDCF

split-complementary

#C9BFCF #CDCFBF #BFCFC1

monochromatic

#8E799B #AB9CB5 #C9BFCF #E7E2E9 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C9BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFCF

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFCF	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2dd',
    500: '#c9bfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfcf;
$custom-light: #d9d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81767,
    "c": 0.02464,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFCF

secondary

#97A38F

accent

#984D69

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFCF

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

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