Information about #C9C7E6 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#C9C7E6 presents itself as a mildly saturated blue — one that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Light Periwinkle (#C5CBE1). Nearby in the Register you will also find Confederate Grey (#CBCBDE) and Zappo (#C4C0E2).
In RGB terms — rgb(201, 199, 230) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #C9C7E6 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C9C7E6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#C9C7E6 color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#C9C7E6 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C9C7E6 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C9C7E6 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C9C7E6 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C9C7E6 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C9C7E6 color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #C9C7E6
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C5CBE1
#CBCBDE
#C4C0E2
#CEC8EF
#C6C4DB
#D5C7E8
#C3D1DF
#D5CEE2
#BFC0EE
#BCC6DF
#C1C2DA
#C7CDD8
#C9C7E6 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C9C7E6
- RGB201, 199, 230
- CMYK11, 12, 0, 10
- CSSrgb(201, 199, 230)
- HSL244°, 38%, 84%
- HSL Precise243.871°, 38.272%, 84.118%
- HSV244°, 13%, 90%
- HSB244°, 13%, 90%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.780
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.902
- GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.780, 0.902)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.780, 0.902, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.780, 0.902)
- Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB78%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB90.2%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDC9C7E6
- DECIMAL ID13223910
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
