#C8DEE6#C8DEE6

#C8DEE6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.026 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DEE6
RGB	rgb(200, 222, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(196, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 3.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -5.70, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 8.56, 228.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0194 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.026 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2202, 70.2338, 85.0206)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DEE6 #E6D0C8

analogous

#C8E6DF #C8DEE6 #C8CFE6

triadic

#C8DEE6 #E6C8DE #DEE6C8

tetradic

#C8DEE6 #DFC8E6 #E6D0C8 #CFE6C8

square

#C8DEE6 #DFC8E6 #E6D0C8 #CFE6C8

split-complementary

#C8DEE6 #E6C8CF #E6DFC8

monochromatic

#74ACC0 #9EC5D3 #C8DEE6 #EAF2F5 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8DEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#C8DEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DEE6

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DEE6	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 222, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.026 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e8ed',
    500: '#c8dee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dee6;
$custom-light: #d9e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88669,
    "c": 0.02595,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DEE6

secondary

#C09F93

accent

#5635B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DEE6

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

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