#C9DDEA#C9DDEA

#C9DDEA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.028 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DDEA
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(204, 14%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -4.05, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 9.52, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0155 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.028 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7916, 70.0697, 87.9372)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DDEA #EAD6C9

analogous

#C9EAE6 #C9DDEA #C9CCEA

triadic

#C9DDEA #EAC9DD #DDEAC9

tetradic

#C9DDEA #E6C9EA #EAD6C9 #CCEAC9

square

#C9DDEA #E6C9EA #EAD6C9 #CCEAC9

split-complementary

#C9DDEA #EAC9CC #EAE6C9

monochromatic

#71A6C8 #9DC1D9 #C9DDEA #E9F1F6 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C9DDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#C9DDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DDEA

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DDEA	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.028 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e7f0',
    500: '#c9ddea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ddea;
$custom-light: #d9e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8866,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DDEA

secondary

#C5A692

accent

#642EB7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DDEA

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

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