#C9C8EA#C9C8EA

#C9C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.047 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C8EA
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(242, 45%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 7.01, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 18.06, 292.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% 0.0135 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.047 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5897, 59.6660, 86.2032)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C8EA #E9EAC8

analogous

#C8D8EA #C9C8EA #DAC8EA

triadic

#C9C8EA #EAC9C8 #C8EAC9

tetradic

#C9C8EA #EAC8D8 #E9EAC8 #C8EADA

square

#C9C8EA #EAC8D8 #E9EAC8 #C8EADA

split-complementary

#C9C8EA #EADAC8 #D8EAC8

monochromatic

#726FC8 #9E9CD9 #C9C8EA #E9E9F7 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#C9C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C8EA

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C8EA	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.047 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d8f0',
    500: '#c9c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c8ea;
$custom-light: #d9d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84445,
    "c": 0.04709,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C8EA

secondary

#C4C591

accent

#B82EB4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C8EA

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

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