Information about #C9BED0 color

#C9BED0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C9BED0 falls into the Violet Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(201, 190, 208) — 78.8% red, 74.5% green, 81.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 7 / 0 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C9BED0 is a gently muted blue-purple violet that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Lavender Gray (#C4C3D0). Slightly further away sit Poet (#C0BCD4) and I Do (#CCBCC6).

The recipe behind #C9BED0 is rgb(201, 190, 208), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C9BED0: 11.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. No one has named #C9BED0 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#C9BED0 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C9BED0 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C9BED0 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C9BED0 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C9BED0 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#C9BED0 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#BECED0
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Nearest named colors to #C9BED0

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lavender Gray color link
Lavender Gray

#C4C3D0

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

I Do color link
I Do

#CCBCC6

Prelude color link
Prelude

#CAB4D4

Surf Spray Grey color link
Surf Spray Grey

#C8C4C5

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Half Rakaia color link
Half Rakaia

#CCC9C8

In The Mauve color link
In The Mauve

#CECBD1

#C9BED0 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C9BED0
  • RGB201, 190, 208
  • CMYK3, 7, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(201, 190, 208)
  • HSL277°, 16%, 78%
  • HSL Precise276.667°, 16.071%, 78.039%
  • HSV277°, 9%, 82%
  • HSB277°, 9%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.745, 0.816)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.745, 0.816, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.745, 0.816)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.6%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC9BED0
  • DECIMAL ID13221584
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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