#C9DCFF#C9DCFF

#C9DCFF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.053 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DCFF
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(219, 100%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(219, 21%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, 0.91, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 19.15, 272.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0067 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.053 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.7259, 70.8222, 104.6902)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DCFF #FFECC9

analogous

#C9F7FF #C9DCFF #D1C9FF

triadic

#C9DCFF #FFC9DC #DCFFC9

tetradic

#C9DCFF #FFC9F7 #FFECC9 #C9FFD1

square

#C9DCFF #FFC9F7 #FFECC9 #C9FFD1

split-complementary

#C9DCFF #FFD1C9 #F7FFC9

monochromatic

#4F8DFF #8CB4FF #C9DCFF #E0EBFF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#C9DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DCFF

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DCFF	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBE3E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.053 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae6ff',
    500: '#c9dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dcff;
$custom-light: #dae6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89156,
    "c": 0.05252,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DCFF

secondary

#E9C583

accent

#9500E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#151618

muted

#848486

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DCFF

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

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