#C9CDEE#C9CDEE

#C9CDEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.046 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDEE
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(234, 52%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, 5.18, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 17.47, 287.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% 0.0079 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.046 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3478, 62.2524, 89.6562)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDEE #EEEAC9

analogous

#C9DFEE #C9CDEE #D7C9EE

triadic

#C9CDEE #EEC9CD #CDEEC9

tetradic

#C9CDEE #EEC9DF #EEEAC9 #C9EED7

square

#C9CDEE #EEC9DF #EEEAC9 #C9EED7

split-complementary

#C9CDEE #EED7C9 #DFEEC9

monochromatic

#6C77D1 #9AA2DF #C9CDEE #E8E9F8 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#C9CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDEE

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDEE	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.046 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcf3',
    500: '#c9cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdee;
$custom-light: #d9dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.514,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.04593,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDEE

secondary

#CBC590

accent

#AF26C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDEE

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

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