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#c9bfd3 ≈ Languid Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9bfd3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 74.9% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.74% cyan, 9.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 18.52% saturation and 78.82% 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 11.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.5438

Complementary

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #c9d3bf

Split complementary

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #d3d3bf
  3. #bfd3bf

Analogous

  1. #bfbfd3
  2. #c9bfd3
  3. #d3bfd3

Triadic

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #d3c9bf
  3. #bfd3c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #d3bfc9
  3. #c9d3bf
  4. #bfd3c9

Square

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #d3bfbf
  3. #c9d3bf
  4. #bfd3d3

Monochromatic

  1. #7c6594
  2. #a392b4
  3. #c9bfd3
  4. #efecf2
  5. #f5f3f7

Shades

#c9bfd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #b5acbe
  3. #a199a9
  4. #8d8694
  5. #79737f
  6. #65606a
  7. #504c54
  8. #3c393f
  9. #28262a
  10. #141315
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9bfd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #cec5d7
  3. #d4ccdc
  4. #d9d2e0
  5. #dfd9e5
  6. #e4dfe9
  7. #e9e5ed
  8. #efecf2
  9. #f4f2f6
  10. #faf9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9bfd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9bfd3
  2. #c2b9cb
  3. #bab2c2
  4. #b3acba
  5. #aca6b2
  6. #a5a0aa
  7. #9d99a1
  8. #969399
  9. #8f8d91
  10. #878688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c1c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc2d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bec3d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8c1c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1c1d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2c1d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8c0cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9bfd3 {
  color: #c9bfd3;
}
Background
.bg-c9bfd3 {
  background-color: #c9bfd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9bfd3 {
  border: 2px solid #c9bfd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9bfd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 191 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 19% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9bfd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9bfd3, #d3bfd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9bfd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 191 211 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 2.94 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 5.41 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.34 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.64 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.37 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.47 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.60 #36402c Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c9bfd3  rgb(201, 191, 211)  hsl(270, 19%, 79%)  Languid Lavender
#c9d3bf  rgb(201, 211, 191)  hsl(90, 19%, 79%)  Ash Gray
#d3c9bf  rgb(211, 201, 191)  hsl(30, 19%, 79%)  Timberwolf
#bfd3c9  rgb(191, 211, 201)  hsl(150, 19%, 79%)  Opal