#C9CEDE#C9CEDE

#C9CEDE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.023 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CEDE
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, 1.37, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 8.60, 279.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% 0.0008 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.023 272)
XYZ	xyz(59.3408, 61.8335, 77.9018)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CEDE #DED9C9

analogous

#C9D8DE #C9CEDE #CEC9DE

triadic

#C9CEDE #DEC9CE #CEDEC9

tetradic

#C9CEDE #DEC9D8 #DED9C9 #C9DECE

square

#C9CEDE #DEC9D8 #DED9C9 #C9DECE

split-complementary

#C9CEDE #DECEC9 #D8DEC9

monochromatic

#7D89B0 #A3ACC7 #C9CEDE #ECEEF3 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#C9CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CEDE

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CEDE	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.023 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dce8',
    500: '#c9cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cede;
$custom-light: #d9dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85241,
    "c": 0.02281,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.61834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CEDE

secondary

#B5AE96

accent

#8C43A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CEDE

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

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