#C4CDEB#C4CDEB

#C4CDEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.043 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CDEB
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(226, 49%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, 2.97, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 16.09, 280.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% 0.0017 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.043 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5881, 61.3956, 87.2923)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CDEB #EBE2C4

analogous

#C4E1EB #C4CDEB #CFC4EB

triadic

#C4CDEB #EBC4CD #CDEBC4

tetradic

#C4CDEB #EBC4E1 #EBE2C4 #C4EBCF

square

#C4CDEB #EBC4E1 #EBE2C4 #C4EBCF

split-complementary

#C4CDEB #EBCFC4 #E1EBC4

monochromatic

#6980CC #96A6DC #C4CDEB #E8ECF7 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C4CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#C4CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CDEB

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CDEB	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.043 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcf1',
    500: '#c4cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cdeb;
$custom-light: #d6dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85095,
    "c": 0.04291,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CDEB

secondary

#C7B98C

accent

#9B29BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CDEB

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

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