#c9dad8

Color #c9dad8

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 6.25 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9dad8

RGB

rgb(201, 218, 216)

HSL

hsl(172.9, 18.7%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.9, 7.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(85.76, -6.06, -0.97)

LCH

lch(85.76, 6.14, 189.09)

OKLCH

oklch(87.5%, 0.0185, 188.39)

HWB

hwb(172.9, 78.8%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dac9cb

Analogous

#c9dad0

#c9dad8

#c9d4da

Triadic

#c9dad8

#d8c9da

#dad8c9

Split-complementary

#c9dad8

#dac9d4

#dad0c9

Tetradic

#c9dad8

#c9cbda

#dac9cb

#dad8c9

Square

#c9dad8

#d0c9da

#dac9cb

#d4dac9

Shades

Color #c9dad8 mixed toward black.

#a0beba

#76a19c

#557c78

#395350

#1c2928

Tints

Color #c9dad8 mixed toward white.

#d2e0df

#dbe6e5

#e4edec

#edf3f2

#f6f9f9

Tones

Color #c9dad8 mixed toward gray.

#cbd9d7

#ccd7d6

#cdd6d5

#cfd4d4

#d0d3d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d1d8 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#d0ced9 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#cad9d9 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9dad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9dad8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#c9dad8 (#c9dad8) is rgb(201, 218, 216) in RGB.

No, #c9dad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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