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#C1CDEE

#c1cdee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c1cdee is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.91% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 224°, with 56.96% saturation and 84.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.6117

Complementary

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #eee2c1

Split complementary

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #eeccc1
  3. #e3eec1

Analogous

  1. #c1e3ee
  2. #c1cdee
  3. #ccc1ee

Triadic

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #eec1cd
  3. #cdeec1

Tetradic

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #e2c1ee
  3. #eee2c1
  4. #cdeec1

Square

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #eec1e3
  3. #eee2c1
  4. #c1eecc

Monochromatic

  1. #496ccd
  2. #859dde
  3. #c1cdee
  4. #eff2fb
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#c1cdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #aeb9d6
  3. #9aa4be
  4. #8790a7
  5. #747b8f
  6. #616777
  7. #4d525f
  8. #3a3e47
  9. #272930
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#c1cdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #c7d2f0
  3. #cdd7f1
  4. #d4dcf3
  5. #dae1f5
  6. #e0e6f7
  7. #e6ebf8
  8. #ecf0fa
  9. #f3f5fc
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c1cdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c1cdee
  2. #bbc5e3
  3. #b4bed8
  4. #aeb6cd
  5. #a7aec2
  6. #a1a7b7
  7. #9a9fac
  8. #9497a1
  9. #8d8f96
  10. #87888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cddb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3cff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6d3d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ceef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ccee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bbd1e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c1cdee {
  color: #c1cdee;
}
Background
.bg-c1cdee {
  background-color: #c1cdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c1cdee {
  border: 2px solid #c1cdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c1cdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 57% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c1cdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c1cdee, #ccc1ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c1cdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.76 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.32 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.44 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.66 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.85 #3e3211 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c1cdee  rgb(193, 205, 238)  hsl(224, 57%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#eee2c1  rgb(238, 226, 193)  hsl(44, 57%, 85%)  Pearl
#eec1cd  rgb(238, 193, 205)  hsl(344, 57%, 85%)  Bubble Gum
#cdeec1  rgb(205, 238, 193)  hsl(104, 57%, 85%)  Tea Green