#c9d6f8

Color #c9d6f8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d6f8

RGB

rgb(201, 214, 248)

HSL

hsl(223.4, 77%, 88%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.4, 19%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 13.7%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(85.65, 2.54, -18.07)

LCH

lch(85.65, 18.25, 278)

OKLCH

oklch(87.7%, 0.0491, 268.83)

HWB

hwb(223.4, 78.8%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8ebc9

Analogous

#c9edf8

#c9d6f8

#d3c9f8

Triadic

#c9d6f8

#f8c9d6

#d6f8c9

Split-complementary

#c9d6f8

#f8d3c9

#edf8c9

Tetradic

#c9d6f8

#ebc9f8

#f8ebc9

#d6f8c9

Square

#c9d6f8

#f8c9ed

#f8ebc9

#c9f8d3

Shades

Color #c9d6f8 mixed toward black.

#87a4ef

#4471e7

#1a4ac7

#113184

#091942

Tints

Color #c9d6f8 mixed toward white.

#d2ddf9

#dbe4fa

#e4eafb

#edf1fd

#f6f8fe

Tones

Color #c9d6f8 mixed toward gray.

#cdd8f4

#d1d9f0

#d5dbec

#d9dde8

#dcdfe4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cfcff0 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#cecdee · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#caeae9 · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d6f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d6f8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#c9d6f8 (#c9d6f8) is rgb(201, 214, 248) in RGB.

No, #c9d6f8 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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