#CDE9EF#CDE9EF

#CDE9EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.031 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE9EF
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(191, 14%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -7.95, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 9.96, 217.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0259 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.031 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8918, 77.4874, 92.9188)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE9EF #EFD3CD

analogous

#CDEFE4 #CDE9EF #CDD8EF

triadic

#CDE9EF #EFCDE9 #E9EFCD

tetradic

#CDE9EF #E4CDEF #EFD3CD #D8EFCD

square

#CDE9EF #E4CDEF #EFD3CD #D8EFCD

split-complementary

#CDE9EF #EFCDD8 #EFE4CD

monochromatic

#70C0D1 #9FD5E0 #CDE9EF #E8F5F8 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#CDE9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#CDE9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE9EF

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE9EF	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)

#DEE2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ECEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.031 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0f4',
    500: '#cde9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde9ef;
$custom-light: #dcf0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91546,
    "c": 0.03058,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE9EF

secondary

#CD9E94

accent

#4127BF

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FCFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#151617

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE9EF

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

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