#c9c8da

Color #c9c8da

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9c8da

RGB

rgb(201, 200, 218)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 19.6%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 8.3%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(81.17, 3.76, -8.8)

LCH

lch(81.17, 9.57, 293.14)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0249, 288.51)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 78.4%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9dac8

Analogous

#c8d0da

#c9c8da

#d2c8da

Triadic

#c9c8da

#dac9c8

#c8dac9

Split-complementary

#c9c8da

#dad2c8

#d0dac8

Tetradic

#c9c8da

#dac8d9

#d9dac8

#c8dac9

Square

#c9c8da

#dac8d0

#d9dac8

#c8dad2

Shades

Color #c9c8da mixed toward black.

#a09ebe

#7775a2

#56547d

#3a3853

#1d1c2a

Tints

Color #c9c8da mixed toward white.

#d2d1e0

#dbdae6

#e4e4ed

#ededf3

#f6f6f9

Tones

Color #c9c8da mixed toward gray.

#cacad9

#cccbd7

#cdcdd6

#ceced4

#d0d0d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9d6 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#c9c9d5 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#c9d2d2 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 8.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9c8da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9c8da]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c9c8da (#c9c8da) is rgb(201, 200, 218) in RGB.

No, #c9c8da is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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