#C9EAEE#C9EAEE

#C9EAEE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.035 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EAEE
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 238)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(186, 16%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -9.90, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 11.35, 209.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0315 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.035 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.9388, 77.4344, 92.1865)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EAEE #EECDC9

analogous

#C9EEDF #C9EAEE #C9D7EE

triadic

#C9EAEE #EEC9EA #EAEEC9

tetradic

#C9EAEE #DFC9EE #EECDC9 #D7EEC9

square

#C9EAEE #DFC9EE #EECDC9 #D7EEC9

split-complementary

#C9EAEE #EEC9D7 #EEDFC9

monochromatic

#6CC6D1 #9AD8DF #C9EAEE #E8F6F8 #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#C9EAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#C9EAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EAEE

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EAEE	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEE2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEEDEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.035 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9f0f3',
    500: '#c9eaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eaee;
$custom-light: #d9f0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91452,
    "c": 0.03493,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EAEE

secondary

#CB9690

accent

#3726C0

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFE

border

#D4D6D6

text

#141617

muted

#838585

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EAEE

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

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