#c9d8d8

Color #c9d8d8

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d8d8

RGB

rgb(201, 216, 216)

HSL

hsl(180, 16.1%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 6.9%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(85.24, -5.03, -1.73)

LCH

lch(85.24, 5.32, 198.98)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.0162, 196.87)

HWB

hwb(180, 78.8%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8c9c9

Analogous

#c9d8d1

#c9d8d8

#c9d1d8

Triadic

#c9d8d8

#d8c9d8

#d8d8c9

Split-complementary

#c9d8d8

#d8c9d1

#d8d1c9

Tetradic

#c9d8d8

#c9c9d8

#d8c9c9

#d8d8c9

Square

#c9d8d8

#d1c9d8

#d8c9c9

#d1d8c9

Shades

Color #c9d8d8 mixed toward black.

#a1bbbb

#789e9e

#587979

#3a5151

#1d2828

Tints

Color #c9d8d8 mixed toward white.

#d2dfdf

#dbe5e5

#e4ecec

#edf2f2

#f6f9f9

Tones

Color #c9d8d8 mixed toward gray.

#cad7d7

#ccd6d6

#cdd4d4

#ced3d3

#cfd2d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d0d8 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#cfced8 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#cad8d8 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d8d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d8d8]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#c9d8d8 (#c9d8d8) is rgb(201, 216, 216) in RGB.

No, #c9d8d8 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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