#c9d3fd

Color #c9d3fd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d3fd

RGB

rgb(201, 211, 253)

HSL

hsl(228.5, 92.9%, 89%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.5, 20.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(85.05, 5.22, -21.63)

LCH

lch(85.05, 22.25, 283.57)

OKLCH

oklch(87.3%, 0.0592, 274.55)

HWB

hwb(228.5, 78.8%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fdf3c9

Analogous

#c9edfd

#c9d3fd

#d9c9fd

Triadic

#c9d3fd

#fdc9d3

#d3fdc9

Split-complementary

#c9d3fd

#fdd9c9

#edfdc9

Tetradic

#c9d3fd

#f3c9fd

#fdf3c9

#d3fdc9

Square

#c9d3fd

#fdc9ed

#fdf3c9

#c9fdd9

Shades

Color #c9d3fd mixed toward black.

#8097fa

#375cf8

#0830db

#052092

#031049

Tints

Color #c9d3fd mixed toward white.

#d2dafd

#dbe2fe

#e4e9fe

#edf0fe

#f6f8ff

Tones

Color #c9d3fd mixed toward gray.

#cdd6f9

#d2d8f4

#d6dbf0

#dadeec

#dfe0e7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcdf4 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#cdccf1 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#caecea · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d3fd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d3fd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#c9d3fd (#c9d3fd) is rgb(201, 211, 253) in RGB.

No, #c9d3fd 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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