#C7BFDB

sRGB: 199 / 191 / 219

Celestial flames awaken with sunrise
Restless constellations transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#C7BFDB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 199 red, 191 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 257.1° lands in the violet region. Its 28.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 199, 191, 219
HSL: 257.14°, 28.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 257.14°, 12.79%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 9.13%, 12.79%, 0.00%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.967, 54.518, 74.647
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.763, 8.115, -12.956
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54518
24-bit decimal: 13090779

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C7BFDB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.76:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D3DBBF sits half a turn (180°) from #C7BFDB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C7BFDB #D3DBBF

Analogous

#BFC5DB and #D5BFDB sit 30° to either side of #C7BFDB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BFC5DB #C7BFDB #D5BFDB

Triadic

#C7BFDB, #DBC7BF and #BFDBC7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C7BFDB #DBC7BF #BFDBC7

Split complementary

Start at #C7BFDB and look across the wheel. #DBD5BF and #C5DBBF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C7BFDB #DBD5BF #C5DBBF

Square

Starting with #C7BFDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBBFC5, #D3DBBF, then #BFDBD5. Across the square, #C7BFDB pairs with #D3DBBF, and #DBBFC5 with #BFDBD5.

#C7BFDB #DBBFC5 #D3DBBF #BFDBD5

Tetradic

#C7BFDB and #D3DBBF are opposites, as are #DBBFD3 and #BFDBC7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C7BFDB #DBBFD3 #D3DBBF #BFDBC7

Tints

Mixing #C7BFDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D2CCE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F2F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#C7BFDB #D2CCE2 #DDD9E9 #E9E5F1 #F4F2F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C7BFDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9F99AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #28262C, the mixture is 80% black.

#C7BFDB #9F99AF #777383 #504C58 #28262C #000000

Tones

Mixing #C7BFDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9B2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E8D92, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C7BFDB #B9B2C9 #ABA6B7 #9C99A4 #8E8D92 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C7BFDB

RGB

rgb(199 191 219)

HSL

hsl(257.143 28.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C7BFDB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C7BFDB uses 199 red, 191 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.0%

Green 74.9%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C7BFDB is 9.1% cyan, 12.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 9.1%

Magenta 12.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C7BFDB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBBDD Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#C7BFDB #C9C4D6 #CBC8D2 #CDCDCD #CFD2C8 #D1D6C4 #D3DBBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #C7BFDB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BBC3DA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C4C3C8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BFC2DC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BFC2DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C6C0D4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C3C3C3

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C5C1CF

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57112 G 0.52100 B 0.70838

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.77494 G 0.75009 B 0.85021

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.56222 G 0.52266 B 0.69247

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.299 y 0.296 Y 54.518

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.961 M % 25.098 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000111 10111111 11011011