#C3CAEC#C3CAEC

#C3CAEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.048 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CAEC
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(230, 52%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 4.47, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 18.13, 284.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% 0.0051 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.048 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7630, 59.8983, 87.8062)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CAEC #ECE5C3

analogous

#C3DFEC #C3CAEC #D1C3EC

triadic

#C3CAEC #ECC3CA #CAECC3

tetradic

#C3CAEC #ECC3DF #ECE5C3 #C3ECD1

square

#C3CAEC #ECC3DF #ECE5C3 #C3ECD1

split-complementary

#C3CAEC #ECD1C3 #DFECC3

monochromatic

#6678CF #95A1DD #C3CAEC #E8EAF8 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C3CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#C3CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CAEC

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CAEC	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAD0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.048 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5daf2',
    500: '#c3caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3caec;
$custom-light: #d5daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.756,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84455,
    "c": 0.04801,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CAEC

secondary

#C9BE8B

accent

#A526BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CAEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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