#C9CCDD#C9CCDD

#C9CCDD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.024 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CCDD
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(231, 23%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, 2.23, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 9.04, 284.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% 0.0033 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.024 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7287, 60.8233, 77.0386)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CCDD #DDDAC9

analogous

#C9D6DD #C9CCDD #D0C9DD

triadic

#C9CCDD #DDC9CC #CCDDC9

tetradic

#C9CCDD #DDC9D6 #DDDAC9 #C9DDD0

square

#C9CCDD #DDC9D6 #DDDAC9 #C9DDD0

split-complementary

#C9CCDD #DDD0C9 #D6DDC9

monochromatic

#7E85AE #A3A9C5 #C9CCDD #ECEDF3 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#C9CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CCDD

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CCDD	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.024 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dbe7',
    500: '#c9ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ccdd;
$custom-light: #d9dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84807,
    "c": 0.02374,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CCDD

secondary

#B3AF97

accent

#9344A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CCDD

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

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