#C9EAEF#C9EAEF

#C9EAEF is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.035 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EAEF
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(188, 16%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -9.70, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 11.42, 211.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0311 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.035 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.0861, 77.4933, 92.9624)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EAEF #EFCEC9

analogous

#C9EFE1 #C9EAEF #C9D7EF

triadic

#C9EAEF #EFC9EA #EAEFC9

tetradic

#C9EAEF #E1C9EF #EFCEC9 #D7EFC9

square

#C9EAEF #E1C9EF #EFCEC9 #D7EFC9

split-complementary

#C9EAEF #EFC9D7 #EFE1C9

monochromatic

#6BC5D3 #9AD8E1 #C9EAEF #E7F6F8 #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#C9EAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#C9EAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EAEF

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EAEF	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDE2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEEDEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.035 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9f0f4',
    500: '#c9eaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eaef;
$custom-light: #d9f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91482,
    "c": 0.03516,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EAEF

secondary

#CD978F

accent

#3924C2

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFE

border

#D4D6D6

text

#141617

muted

#838585

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EAEF

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

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