#c9dbf6

Color #c9dbf6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9dbf6

RGB

rgb(201, 219, 246)

HSL

hsl(216, 71.4%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 18.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 11%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(86.87, -0.51, -15.19)

LCH

lch(86.87, 15.2, 268.08)

OKLCH

oklch(88.6%, 0.0421, 258.34)

HWB

hwb(216, 78.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6e4c9

Analogous

#c9f1f6

#c9dbf6

#cdc9f6

Triadic

#c9dbf6

#f6c9db

#dbf6c9

Split-complementary

#c9dbf6

#f6cdc9

#f1f6c9

Tetradic

#c9dbf6

#e4c9f6

#f6e4c9

#dbf6c9

Square

#c9dbf6

#f6c9f1

#f6e4c9

#c9f6cd

Shades

Color #c9dbf6 mixed toward black.

#89b0eb

#4986e1

#2060bf

#154080

#0b2040

Tints

Color #c9dbf6 mixed toward white.

#d2e1f7

#dbe7f9

#e4edfa

#edf3fc

#f6f9fd

Tones

Color #c9dbf6 mixed toward gray.

#cddcf2

#d0dcee

#d4ddeb

#d8dee7

#dcdfe3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d1f0 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#d0cfee · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#caebea · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9dbf6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9dbf6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#c9dbf6 (#c9dbf6) is rgb(201, 219, 246) in RGB.

No, #c9dbf6 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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