#c9ddf8

Color #c9ddf8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 8.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ddf8

RGB

rgb(201, 221, 248)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 77%, 88%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 19%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 10.9%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(87.44, -1.13, -15.38)

LCH

lch(87.44, 15.42, 265.8)

OKLCH

oklch(89.1%, 0.043, 255.87)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 78.8%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8e4c9

Analogous

#c9f4f8

#c9ddf8

#ccc9f8

Triadic

#c9ddf8

#f8c9dd

#ddf8c9

Split-complementary

#c9ddf8

#f8ccc9

#f4f8c9

Tetradic

#c9ddf8

#e4c9f8

#f8e4c9

#ddf8c9

Square

#c9ddf8

#f8c9f4

#f8e4c9

#c9f8cc

Shades

Color #c9ddf8 mixed toward black.

#87b3ef

#4489e7

#1a63c7

#114284

#092142

Tints

Color #c9ddf8 mixed toward white.

#d2e3f9

#dbe8fa

#e4eefb

#edf4fd

#f6f9fe

Tones

Color #c9ddf8 mixed toward gray.

#cdddf4

#d1def0

#d5dfec

#d9dfe8

#dce0e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d2f2 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#d1cff0 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#caedec · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ddf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ddf8]

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

#c9ddf8 (#c9ddf8) is rgb(201, 221, 248) in RGB.

No, #c9ddf8 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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