#c9dde7

Color #c9dde7

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9dde7

RGB

rgb(201, 221, 231)

HSL

hsl(200, 38.5%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 13%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(86.95, -4.66, -7.15)

LCH

lch(86.95, 8.53, 236.91)

OKLCH

oklch(88.6%, 0.0255, 229.13)

HWB

hwb(200, 78.8%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7d3c9

Analogous

#c9e7e2

#c9dde7

#c9cee7

Triadic

#c9dde7

#e7c9dd

#dde7c9

Split-complementary

#c9dde7

#e7c9ce

#e7e2c9

Tetradic

#c9dde7

#d3c9e7

#e7d3c9

#dde7c9

Square

#c9dde7

#e2c9e7

#e7d3c9

#cee7c9

Shades

Color #c9dde7 mixed toward black.

#97bed1

#659ebb

#427a96

#2c5164

#162932

Tints

Color #c9dde7 mixed toward white.

#d2e3eb

#dbe8ef

#e4eef3

#edf4f7

#f6f9fb

Tones

Color #c9dde7 mixed toward gray.

#cbdce5

#cedbe2

#d0dadf

#d3dadd

#d5d9da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d2e5 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#d1cfe4 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#cae3e2 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9dde7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9dde7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#c9dde7 (#c9dde7) is rgb(201, 221, 231) in RGB.

No, #c9dde7 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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