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#c9aade

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
201, 170, 222
HSL
276°, 44%, 77%
CMYK
10, 23, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4644

Every format

HEX#c9aade
RGBrgb(201, 170, 222)
HSLhsl(276, 44%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 23%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(73.8 20.8 -22.0)
LCHlch(73.8 30.3 313.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.782 0.080 311.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #c9aade;
background-color: #c9aade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c9aade] bg-[#c9aade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c9aade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.788, green: 0.667, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#c9aade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c9aade on white: 2.04:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c9aade on black: 10.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red78.8%
Green66.7%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.5%
Magenta23.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#c9aade text on a black background

contrast 10.29:1

Card sample

#c9aade text on a white background

contrast 2.04:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c9aade;
Background color
Panel with #c9aade background
background-color: #c9aade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c9aade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(201, 170, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(201, 170, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c9aade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9aade, #DEAAD0);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c9aade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #c9aade in the Color Lab