#C9BFDB#C9BFDB

#C9BFDB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.040 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFDB
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(261, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, 8.77, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 15.44, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% 0.0212 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.04 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5020, 54.7936, 74.6563)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFDB #D1DBBF

analogous

#BFC3DB #C9BFDB #D7BFDB

triadic

#C9BFDB #DBC9BF #BFDBC9

tetradic

#C9BFDB #DBBFC3 #D1DBBF #BFDBD7

square

#C9BFDB #DBBFC3 #D1DBBF #BFDBD7

split-complementary

#C9BFDB #DBD7BF #C3DBBF

monochromatic

#8771AF #A898C5 #C9BFDB #EAE6F1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C9BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C9BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFDB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFDB	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.040 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2e6',
    500: '#c9bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfdb;
$custom-light: #d9d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82159,
    "c": 0.0402,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFDB

secondary

#A4B28C

accent

#A73F82

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFDB

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

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