#C9D4E2#C9D4E2

#C9D4E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.023 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D4E2
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 30%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(214, 11%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -0.98, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 8.22, 263.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0061 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.023 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3553, 64.9947, 81.2495)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D4E2 #E2D7C9

analogous

#C9E0E2 #C9D4E2 #CAC9E2

triadic

#C9D4E2 #E2C9D4 #D4E2C9

tetradic

#C9D4E2 #E2C9E0 #E2D7C9 #C9E2CA

square

#C9D4E2 #E2C9E0 #E2D7C9 #C9E2CA

split-complementary

#C9D4E2 #E2CAC9 #E0E2C9

monochromatic

#7995B7 #A1B4CD #C9D4E2 #EBEFF4 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#C9D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D4E2

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D4E2	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.023 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1eb',
    500: '#c9d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d4e2;
$custom-light: #d9e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 30.12,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86579,
    "c": 0.02279,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D4E2

secondary

#BAAA95

accent

#793DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D4E2

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

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