#C9CDFF#C9CDFF

#C9CDFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.069 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CDFF
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(236, 100%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, 8.86, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 26.41, 289.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% 0.0135 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.069 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9643, 63.2990, 103.4363)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CDFF #FFFBC9

analogous

#C9E8FF #C9CDFF #E0C9FF

triadic

#C9CDFF #FFC9CD #CDFFC9

tetradic

#C9CDFF #FFC9E8 #FFFBC9 #C9FFE0

square

#C9CDFF #FFC9E8 #FFFBC9 #C9FFE0

split-complementary

#C9CDFF #FFE0C9 #E8FFC9

monochromatic

#4F5CFF #8C94FF #C9CDFF #E0E3FF #E0E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C9CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#C9CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CDFF

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CDFF	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.069 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadcff',
    500: '#c9cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cdff;
$custom-light: #dadcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86187,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CDFF

secondary

#E9E283

accent

#D500E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#151518

muted

#848486

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CDFF

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

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