#C9CBDA#C9CBDA

#C9CBDA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.021 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CBDA
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(233, 19%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, 2.17, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 7.97, 285.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% 0.0036 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.021 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0957, 60.1910, 74.8734)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CBDA #DAD8C9

analogous

#C9D4DA #C9CBDA #D0C9DA

triadic

#C9CBDA #DAC9CB #CBDAC9

tetradic

#C9CBDA #DAC9D4 #DAD8C9 #C9DAD0

square

#C9CBDA #DAC9D4 #DAD8C9 #C9DAD0

split-complementary

#C9CBDA #DAD0C9 #D4DAC9

monochromatic

#8085A8 #A5A8C1 #C9CBDA #EDEEF3 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C9CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#C9CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CBDA

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CBDA	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.021 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dae5',
    500: '#c9cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cbda;
$custom-light: #d9dae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 18.681,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8451,
    "c": 0.02085,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CBDA

secondary

#B0AD98

accent

#93499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CBDA

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

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