#C4CEEB#C4CEEB

#C4CEEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.042 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CEEB
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(225, 49%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, 2.44, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 15.62, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% 0.0003 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.042 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8281, 61.8755, 87.3723)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CEEB #EBE1C4

analogous

#C4E2EB #C4CEEB #CEC4EB

triadic

#C4CEEB #EBC4CE #CEEBC4

tetradic

#C4CEEB #EBC4E2 #EBE1C4 #C4EBCE

square

#C4CEEB #EBC4E2 #EBE1C4 #C4EBCE

split-complementary

#C4CEEB #EBCEC4 #E2EBC4

monochromatic

#6982CC #96A8DC #C4CEEB #E8ECF7 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C4CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#C4CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CEEB

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CEEB	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.042 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dcf1',
    500: '#c4ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ceeb;
$custom-light: #d6dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.615,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85295,
    "c": 0.04182,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CEEB

secondary

#C7B88C

accent

#9729BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CEEB

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

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