#C9CEDD#C9CEDD

#C9CEDD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.021 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CEDD
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(225, 23%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, 1.17, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 8.09, 278.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% 0.0004 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.021 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2071, 61.7801, 77.1981)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CEDD #DDD8C9

analogous

#C9D8DD #C9CEDD #CEC9DD

triadic

#C9CEDD #DDC9CE #CEDDC9

tetradic

#C9CEDD #DDC9D8 #DDD8C9 #C9DDCE

square

#C9CEDD #DDC9D8 #DDD8C9 #C9DDCE

split-complementary

#C9CEDD #DDCEC9 #D8DDC9

monochromatic

#7E8AAE #A3ACC5 #C9CEDD #ECEEF3 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#C9CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CEDD

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CEDD	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.021 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dce7',
    500: '#c9cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cedd;
$custom-light: #d9dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85209,
    "c": 0.02147,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CEDD

secondary

#B3AC97

accent

#8A44A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CEDD

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

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