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#c9c8d6 ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9c8d6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 78.43% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.07% cyan, 6.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 244.29°, with 14.58% saturation and 81.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.5858

Complementary

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #d5d6c8

Split complementary

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #d6d0c8
  3. #ced6c8

Analogous

  1. #c8ced6
  2. #c9c8d6
  3. #d0c8d6

Triadic

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #d6c9c8
  3. #c8d6c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #d6c8d5
  3. #d5d6c8
  4. #c8d6c9

Square

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #d6c8ce
  3. #d5d6c8
  4. #c8d6d0

Monochromatic

  1. #737095
  2. #9e9cb5
  3. #c9c8d6
  4. #f4f3f6
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#c9c8d6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #b5b4c1
  3. #a1a0ab
  4. #8d8c96
  5. #797880
  6. #65646b
  7. #505056
  8. #3c3c40
  9. #28282b
  10. #141415
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9c8d6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #ceceda
  3. #d4d3de
  4. #d9d9e2
  5. #dfdee6
  6. #e4e4eb
  7. #e9e9ef
  8. #efeff3
  9. #f4f4f7
  10. #fafafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9c8d6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9c8d6
  2. #c2c1cd
  3. #babac5
  4. #b3b2bc
  5. #acabb4
  6. #a5a4ab
  7. #9d9da2
  8. #96969a
  9. #8f8e91
  10. #878789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9c9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cad7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5c9d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7c9d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7c9d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8c9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9c8d6 {
  color: #c9c8d6;
}
Background
.bg-c9c8d6 {
  background-color: #c9c8d6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9c8d6 {
  border: 2px solid #c9c8d6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9c8d6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 200 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 15% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9c8d6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9c8d6, #d0c8d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9c8d6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 200 214 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.32 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.28 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.28 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.28 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.30 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.90 #363729 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c9c8d6  rgb(201, 200, 214)  hsl(244, 15%, 81%)  Languid Lavender
#d5d6c8  rgb(213, 214, 200)  hsl(64, 15%, 81%)  Bone
#d6c9c8  rgb(214, 201, 200)  hsl(4, 15%, 81%)  Timberwolf
#c8d6c9  rgb(200, 214, 201)  hsl(124, 15%, 81%)  Ash Gray