#C9CDEB#C9CDEB

#C9CDEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.042 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDEB
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(233, 46%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(233, 14%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, 4.55, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 15.89, 286.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% 0.0069 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.042 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9108, 62.0776, 87.3543)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDEB #EBE7C9

analogous

#C9DEEB #C9CDEB #D6C9EB

triadic

#C9CDEB #EBC9CD #CDEBC9

tetradic

#C9CDEB #EBC9DE #EBE7C9 #C9EBD6

square

#C9CDEB #EBC9DE #EBE7C9 #C9EBD6

split-complementary

#C9CDEB #EBD6C9 #DEEBC9

monochromatic

#707ACA #9CA4DA #C9CDEB #E9EAF7 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#C9CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDEB

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDEB	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.042 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcf1',
    500: '#c9cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdeb;
$custom-light: #d9dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8547,
    "c": 0.04179,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDEB

secondary

#C7C091

accent

#A92CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDEB

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

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