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#c9bdd4 ≈ Languid Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9bdd4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 74.12% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.19% cyan, 10.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 271.3°, with 21.1% saturation and 78.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 3.51.

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Relative luminance0.5357

Complementary

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #c8d4bd

Split complementary

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #d4d4bd
  3. #bdd4be

Analogous

  1. #bebdd4
  2. #c9bdd4
  3. #d4bdd4

Triadic

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #d4c9bd
  3. #bdd4c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #d4bdc8
  3. #c8d4bd
  4. #bdd4c9

Square

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #d4bebd
  3. #c8d4bd
  4. #bdd4d4

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6296
  2. #a38fb6
  3. #c9bdd4
  4. #efebf2
  5. #f5f3f7

Shades

#c9bdd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #b5aabf
  3. #a197aa
  4. #8d8494
  5. #79717f
  6. #655f6a
  7. #504c55
  8. #3c3940
  9. #28262a
  10. #141315
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9bdd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #cec4d8
  3. #d4cadd
  4. #d9d1e1
  5. #dfd7e5
  6. #e4deea
  7. #e9e5ee
  8. #efebf2
  9. #f4f2f6
  10. #faf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9bdd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9bdd4
  2. #c2b7cc
  3. #bab1c3
  4. #b3abbb
  5. #aca5b2
  6. #a59faa
  7. #9d98a2
  8. #969299
  9. #8f8c91
  10. #878688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bac1d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc2d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8c0c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0bfd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1c0d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8bfcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9bdd4 {
  color: #c9bdd4;
}
Background
.bg-c9bdd4 {
  background-color: #c9bdd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9bdd4 {
  border: 2px solid #c9bdd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9bdd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 189 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 21% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9bdd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9bdd4, #d4bdd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9bdd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 189 212 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 3.51 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 4.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.63 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.03 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.03 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.40 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.61 #36422b Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c9bdd4  rgb(201, 189, 212)  hsl(271, 21%, 79%)  Languid Lavender
#c8d4bd  rgb(200, 212, 189)  hsl(91, 21%, 79%)  Ash Gray
#d4c9bd  rgb(212, 201, 189)  hsl(31, 21%, 79%)  Bone
#bdd4c9  rgb(189, 212, 201)  hsl(151, 21%, 79%)  Opal