#c9d9d9

Color #c9d9d9

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 5.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d9d9

RGB

rgb(201, 217, 217)

HSL

hsl(180, 17.4%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 7.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(85.53, -5.35, -1.84)

LCH

lch(85.53, 5.66, 198.98)

OKLCH

oklch(87.3%, 0.0172, 196.86)

HWB

hwb(180, 78.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9c9c9

Analogous

#c9d9d1

#c9d9d9

#c9d1d9

Triadic

#c9d9d9

#d9c9d9

#d9d9c9

Split-complementary

#c9d9d9

#d9c9d1

#d9d1c9

Tetradic

#c9d9d9

#c9c9d9

#d9c9c9

#d9d9c9

Square

#c9d9d9

#d1c9d9

#d9c9c9

#d1d9c9

Shades

Color #c9d9d9 mixed toward black.

#a0bcbc

#77a0a0

#567b7b

#3a5252

#1d2929

Tints

Color #c9d9d9 mixed toward white.

#d2dfdf

#dbe6e6

#e4ecec

#edf2f2

#f6f9f9

Tones

Color #c9d9d9 mixed toward gray.

#cad8d8

#ccd6d6

#cdd5d5

#ced4d4

#d0d2d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d0d9 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#cfced9 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#cad9d9 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d9d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d9d9]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#c9d9d9 (#c9d9d9) is rgb(201, 217, 217) in RGB.

No, #c9d9d9 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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