#c9cde5

Color #c9cde5

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-100 #e0e7ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cde5

RGB

rgb(201, 205, 229)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 35%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 12.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(82.77, 3.31, -12.3)

LCH

lch(82.77, 12.74, 285.06)

OKLCH

oklch(85.3%, 0.0335, 278.23)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 78.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e1c9

Analogous

#c9dbe5

#c9cde5

#d3c9e5

Triadic

#c9cde5

#e5c9cd

#cde5c9

Split-complementary

#c9cde5

#e5d3c9

#dbe5c9

Tetradic

#c9cde5

#e1c9e5

#e5e1c9

#cde5c9

Square

#c9cde5

#e5c9db

#e5e1c9

#c9e5d3

Shades

Color #c9cde5 mixed toward black.

#99a0ce

#6873b6

#465191

#2f3661

#171b30

Tints

Color #c9cde5 mixed toward white.

#d2d5e9

#dbdeee

#e4e6f2

#edeef6

#f6f7fb

Tones

Color #c9cde5 mixed toward gray.

#cbcfe3

#ced0e0

#d0d2de

#d2d4dc

#d5d5d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbe0 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#cbcade · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#c9dbda · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 10.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cde5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cde5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#c9cde5 (#c9cde5) is rgb(201, 205, 229) in RGB.

No, #c9cde5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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