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#C1C5CE

#c1c5ce ≈ Silver

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#c1c5ce is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 77.25% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.31% cyan, 4.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, with 11.71% saturation and 78.24% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 4.66.

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Relative luminance0.5573

Complementary

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #cecac1

Split complementary

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #cec4c1
  3. #cccec1

Analogous

  1. #c1ccce
  2. #c1c5ce
  3. #c4c1ce

Triadic

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #cec1c5
  3. #c5cec1

Tetradic

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #cac1ce
  3. #cecac1
  4. #c5cec1

Square

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #cec1cc
  3. #cecac1
  4. #c1cec4

Monochromatic

  1. #6d7589
  2. #969dac
  3. #c1c5ce
  4. #ecedf0
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#c1c5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #aeb1b9
  3. #9a9ea5
  4. #878a90
  5. #74767c
  6. #616367
  7. #4d4f52
  8. #3a3b3e
  9. #272729
  10. #131415
  11. #000000

Tints

#c1c5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #c7cbd3
  3. #cdd1d8
  4. #d4d6dd
  5. #dadce2
  6. #e0e2e7
  7. #e6e8eb
  8. #eceef0
  9. #f3f3f5
  10. #f9f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c1c5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c1c5ce
  2. #bbbec6
  3. #b4b7be
  4. #aeb0b7
  5. #a7a9af
  6. #a1a3a7
  7. #9a9c9f
  8. #949597
  9. #8d8e90
  10. #878788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3c5c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c5ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c4ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bec7c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2c5ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1c5ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfc6ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c1c5ce {
  color: #c1c5ce;
}
Background
.bg-c1c5ce {
  background-color: #c1c5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c1c5ce {
  border: 2px solid #c1c5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c1c5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 197 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 12% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c1c5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c1c5ce, #c4c1ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c1c5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 197 206 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 4.66 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.67 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.67 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.13 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.40 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.04 #3e3a31 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Silver
#c1c5ce  rgb(193, 197, 206)  hsl(222, 12%, 78%)  Silver
#cecac1  rgb(206, 202, 193)  hsl(42, 12%, 78%)  Timberwolf
#cec1c5  rgb(206, 193, 197)  hsl(342, 12%, 78%)  Silver Pink
#c5cec1  rgb(197, 206, 193)  hsl(102, 12%, 78%)  Ash Gray