#C4CADE#C4CADE

#C4CADE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.029 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CADE
RGB	rgb(196, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 28%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 1.86, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 10.77, 279.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% 0.0012 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.029 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0674, 59.2501, 77.5229)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CADE #DED8C4

analogous

#C4D7DE #C4CADE #CBC4DE

triadic

#C4CADE #DEC4CA #CADEC4

tetradic

#C4CADE #DEC4D7 #DED8C4 #C4DECB

square

#C4CADE #DEC4D7 #DED8C4 #C4DECB

split-complementary

#C4CADE #DECBC4 #D7DEC4

monochromatic

#7683B2 #9DA7C8 #C4CADE #EBEDF4 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C4CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C4CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CADE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CADE	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.029 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dae8',
    500: '#c4cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cade;
$custom-light: #d6dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84054,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CADE

secondary

#B5AD91

accent

#8F3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CADE

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

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