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#c9acef

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

RGB
201, 172, 239
HSL
266°, 68%, 81%
CMYK
16, 28, 0, 6
Luminance
0.4815

Every format

HEX#c9acef
RGBrgb(201, 172, 239)
HSLhsl(266, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 28%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(74.9 23.3 -29.6)
LCHlch(74.9 37.6 308.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.793 0.098 304.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #c9acef;
background-color: #c9acef;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c9acef] bg-[#c9acef]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c9acef;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.788, green: 0.675, blue: 0.937)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#c9acef")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c9acef on white: 1.98:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c9acef on black: 10.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red78.8%
Green67.5%
Blue93.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.9%
Magenta28.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)6.3%

Color previews

#c9acef text on a black background

contrast 10.63:1

Card sample

#c9acef text on a white background

contrast 1.98:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c9acef;
Background color
Panel with #c9acef background
background-color: #c9acef;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c9acef;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(201, 172, 239, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(201, 172, 239, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c9acef;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9acef, #EFACE8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c9acef

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #c9acef in the Color Lab