#C9DEFF#C9DEFF

#C9DEFF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.051 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DEFF
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(217, 100%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(217, 21%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -0.14, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 18.36, 269.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0093 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.051 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.2540, 71.8783, 104.8662)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DEFF #FFEAC9

analogous

#C9F9FF #C9DEFF #CFC9FF

triadic

#C9DEFF #FFC9DE #DEFFC9

tetradic

#C9DEFF #FFC9F9 #FFEAC9 #C9FFCF

square

#C9DEFF #FFC9F9 #FFEAC9 #C9FFCF

split-complementary

#C9DEFF #FFCFC9 #F9FFC9

monochromatic

#4F93FF #8CB9FF #C9DEFF #E0ECFF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#C9DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DEFF

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DEFF	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEDAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBE5E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.051 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae8ff',
    500: '#c9deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9deff;
$custom-light: #dae8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89557,
    "c": 0.05084,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DEFF

secondary

#E9C183

accent

#8C00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#151618

muted

#848486

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DEFF

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

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