#CED8E6#CED8E6

#CED8E6 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.022 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED8E6
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 32%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(215, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -0.66, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 8.05, 265.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0051 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.022 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2893, 67.9460, 84.5754)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED8E6 #E6DCCE

analogous

#CEE4E6 #CED8E6 #D0CEE6

triadic

#CED8E6 #E6CED8 #D8E6CE

tetradic

#CED8E6 #E6CEE4 #E6DCCE #CEE6D0

square

#CED8E6 #E6CEE4 #E6DCCE #CEE6D0

split-complementary

#CED8E6 #E6D0CE #E4E6CE

monochromatic

#7D97BD #A5B8D1 #CED8E6 #EBEFF5 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CED8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#CED8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED8E6

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED8E6	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.022 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4ed',
    500: '#ced8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced8e6;
$custom-light: #dde4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87883,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED8E6

secondary

#BFAF99

accent

#7C3AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#151516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED8E6

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

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