#c9b7d4

Color #c9b7d4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9b7d4

RGB

rgb(201, 183, 212)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 25.2%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 13.7%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(76.7, 11.71, -12.24)

LCH

lch(76.7, 16.94, 313.73)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0447, 312.83)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 71.8%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2d4b7

Analogous

#bbb7d4

#c9b7d4

#d4b7d1

Triadic

#c9b7d4

#d4c9b7

#b7d4c9

Split-complementary

#c9b7d4

#d1d4b7

#b7d4bb

Tetradic

#c9b7d4

#d4b7c2

#c2d4b7

#b7d4c9

Square

#c9b7d4

#d4bbb7

#c2d4b7

#b7d1d4

Shades

Color #c9b7d4 mixed toward black.

#aa8ebb

#8b65a3

#694a7c

#463152

#231929

Tints

Color #c9b7d4 mixed toward white.

#d2c3db

#dbcfe2

#e4dbea

#ede7f1

#f6f3f8

Tones

Color #c9b7d4 mixed toward gray.

#c9bad2

#c8bccf

#c7becd

#c7c1ca

#c6c3c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1cd · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#c3c4cc · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#c8c8c7 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 14.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9b7d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9b7d4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c9b7d4 (#c9b7d4) is rgb(201, 183, 212) in RGB.

No, #c9b7d4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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