HEX atlas value

#C9A0DC

#C9A0DC is a cool purple HEX color nearest Wisteria. RGB 201, 160, 220, HSL 281° 46% 75%, luminance 0.4273; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool balanced

#C9A0DC Sample readable text

HEX #C9A0DC

RGB rgb(201, 160, 220)

HSL hsl(281 46% 75%)

CMYK cmyk(9, 27, 0, 14)

Luminance 0.4273

Contrast Black 9.55:1White 2.2:1

CSS

--color-c9a0dc: #C9A0DC;
.background-c9a0dc { background-color: #C9A0DC; }
.text-c9a0dc { color: #C9A0DC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C9A0DC

#C9A0DC is classified as a cool purple value with balanced visual character. #C9A0DC is visually closest to Wisteria, a named purple color with HEX #C9A0DC.

The RGB channels are 201, 160, and 220, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 281deg with 46% saturation and 75% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.4273, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.55:1AA Pass

White text2.2:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C9A0DC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.55:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.2:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F0E5F5#F0E5F5 · #000000 text · best 17.23:1 #B4DDA2#B4DDA2 · #000000 text · best 13.8:1 #C5B0CF#C5B0CF · #000000 text · best 10.49:1 Pastel Lilac#BDB0D0 · #000000 text · best 10.28:1 #DDA2D2#DDA2D2 · #000000 text · best 10.17:1

Generated Palette

Wisteria#C9A0DC

#B4DDA2#B4DDA2

#ADA2DD#ADA2DD

#DDA2D2#DDA2D2

#F0E5F5#F0E5F5

#A45FC4#A45FC4

Color Harmonies

#B4DDA2#B4DDA2

#ADA2DD#ADA2DD

#DDA2D2#DDA2D2

#DDCAA2#DDCAA2

#A2DDCA#A2DDCA

Variants

#F0E5F5#F0E5F5

#A45FC4#A45FC4

#CF94EB#CF94EB

#C5B0CF#C5B0CF

White#FFFFFF

#E4A8FF#E4A8FF

Nearest Named Colors

Wisteria#C9A0DC

Plum#DDA0DD

Lilac#C8A2C8

Pastel Lilac#BDB0D0

Heather#B7A1C7

Luminance0.4273

Black text9.55:1AA Pass

White text2.2:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#C9A0DC","rgb":[201,160,220],"hsl":[281,46,75],"cmyk":[9,27,0,14],"luminance":0.4273,"contrast":{"black":9.55,"white":2.2}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.55,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.2,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F0E5F5","hex":"#F0E5F5","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.23,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B4DDA2","hex":"#B4DDA2","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.8,"contrastWhite":1.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C5B0CF","hex":"#C5B0CF","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.49,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pastel Lilac","hex":"#BDB0D0","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.28,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DDA2D2","hex":"#DDA2D2","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.17,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","balanced","balanced purple","Wisteria adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c9a0dc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wisteria.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/plum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lilac.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B4DDA2","analogous":["#ADA2DD","#DDA2D2"],"triadic":["#DDCAA2","#A2DDCA"],"tetradic":["#DDADA2","#B4DDA2","#A2D2DD"],"splitComplementary":["#D2DDA2","#A2DDAD"],"monochromatic":["#F0E5F5","#C9A0DC","#A45FC4"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F0E5F5","dark":"#A45FC4","saturated":"#CF94EB","desaturated":"#C5B0CF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#E4A8FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wisteria","name":"Wisteria","hex":"#C9A0DC","distance":0},{"slug":"plum","name":"Plum","hex":"#DDA0DD","distance":20.024984394500787},{"slug":"lilac","name":"Lilac","hex":"#C8A2C8","distance":20.12461179749811},{"slug":"pastel-lilac","name":"Pastel Lilac","hex":"#BDB0D0","distance":23.323807579381203},{"slug":"heather","name":"Heather","hex":"#B7A1C7","distance":27.676705006196094}]

#C9A0DC

CSS

About #C9A0DC

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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