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#c9c8d8 ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9c8d8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.94% cyan, 7.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 243.75°, with 17.02% saturation and 81.57% 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 12.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.5868

Complementary

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #d7d8c8

Split complementary

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #d8d1c8
  3. #cfd8c8

Analogous

  1. #c8cfd8
  2. #c9c8d8
  3. #d1c8d8

Triadic

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #d8c9c8
  3. #c8d8c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #d8c8d7
  3. #d7d8c8
  4. #c8d8c9

Square

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #d8c8cf
  3. #d7d8c8
  4. #c8d8d1

Monochromatic

  1. #716e99
  2. #9d9bb8
  3. #c9c8d8
  4. #f3f3f7
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#c9c8d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #b5b4c2
  3. #a1a0ad
  4. #8d8c97
  5. #797882
  6. #65646c
  7. #505056
  8. #3c3c41
  9. #28282b
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9c8d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #cecedc
  3. #d4d3e0
  4. #d9d9e4
  5. #dfdee8
  6. #e4e4ec
  7. #e9e9ef
  8. #efeff3
  9. #f4f4f7
  10. #fafafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9c8d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9c8d8
  2. #c2c1cf
  3. #babac6
  4. #b3b2be
  5. #acabb5
  6. #a5a4ac
  7. #9d9da3
  8. #96969a
  9. #8f8e92
  10. #878789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9c9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cad9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4c9d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6cacd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6c9d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6c9d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7c9d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9c8d8 {
  color: #c9c8d8;
}
Background
.bg-c9c8d8 {
  background-color: #c9c8d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9c8d8 {
  border: 2px solid #c9c8d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9c8d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 200 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 17% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9c8d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9c8d8, #d1c8d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9c8d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 200 216 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.97 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.07 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.03 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.03 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.05 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.82 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.86 #363727 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c9c8d8  rgb(201, 200, 216)  hsl(244, 17%, 82%)  Languid Lavender
#d7d8c8  rgb(215, 216, 200)  hsl(64, 17%, 82%)  Bone
#d8c9c8  rgb(216, 201, 200)  hsl(4, 17%, 82%)  Timberwolf
#c8d8c9  rgb(200, 216, 201)  hsl(124, 17%, 82%)  Ash Gray