#c9d9fa

Color #c9d9fa

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d9fa

RGB

rgb(201, 217, 250)

HSL

hsl(220.4, 83.1%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.4, 19.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(86.48, 1.39, -17.88)

LCH

lch(86.48, 17.93, 274.45)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.0488, 264.83)

HWB

hwb(220.4, 78.8%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faeac9

Analogous

#c9f1fa

#c9d9fa

#d1c9fa

Triadic

#c9d9fa

#fac9d9

#d9fac9

Split-complementary

#c9d9fa

#fad1c9

#f1fac9

Tetradic

#c9d9fa

#eac9fa

#faeac9

#d9fac9

Square

#c9d9fa

#fac9f1

#faeac9

#c9fad1

Shades

Color #c9d9fa mixed toward black.

#84a9f4

#3f78ed

#1350ce

#0d358a

#061b45

Tints

Color #c9d9fa mixed toward white.

#d2dffb

#dbe6fc

#e4ecfd

#edf2fd

#f6f9fe

Tones

Color #c9d9fa mixed toward gray.

#cddaf6

#d1dcf2

#d5ddee

#d9dfea

#dde0e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d0f3 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#cfcef1 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#caeceb · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d9fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d9fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#c9d9fa (#c9d9fa) is rgb(201, 217, 250) in RGB.

No, #c9d9fa 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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