#C9BEC6 · Lavender Gray

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#C9BEC6 is a light, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Lavender Gray and near Lavender Gray and Silver. In OKLCH it has 81% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 335°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #C9BEC6 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#C9BEC6
RGBrgb(201, 190, 198)
HSLhsl(316, 9%, 77%)
CMYK0, 5, 1, 21
CSS var--lavender-gray
Contrast1.8:1 white · 11.66:1 black

Similar named colors

Lavender Gray #C4C3D0Silver #C0C0C0Thistle #D8BFD8Putty #CDBFA9Ash #B2BEB5

How to use #C9BEC6

Black text passes WCAG AA on #C9BEC6 (11.66:1); white text does not (1.8:1).

For a calm scheme pair #C9BEC6 with its analogous neighbors #C7BFCA and #CABFC2; for contrast use its complement #BFCAC2 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--lavender-gray: #C9BEC6;

Shades & tints

#282628#504C4F#797277#A1989E#C9BEC6#D4CBD1#DFD8DD#E9E5E8#F4F2F4

Color harmonies for #C9BEC6

Complementary

#C9BEC6#BFCAC2

Analogous

#C9BEC6#C7BFCA#CABFC2

Triadic

#C9BEC6#C7CABF#BFC7CA

Split complementary

#C9BEC6#C2CABF#BFCAC7

Tetradic

#C9BEC6#CAC7BF#BFCAC2#BFC2CA

Palettes with #C9BEC6