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#C2C8DB

#c2c8db ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c2c8db is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 78.43% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.42% cyan, 8.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 225.6°, with 25.77% saturation and 80.98% 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 12.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.48.

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Relative luminance0.5789

Complementary

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #dbd5c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #dbc8c2
  3. #d4dbc2

Analogous

  1. #c2d4db
  2. #c2c8db
  3. #c8c2db

Triadic

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #dbc2c8
  3. #c8dbc2

Tetradic

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #d5c2db
  3. #dbd5c2
  4. #c8dbc2

Square

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #dbc2d4
  3. #dbd5c2
  4. #c2dbc8

Monochromatic

  1. #6271a2
  2. #929dbf
  3. #c2c8db
  4. #f2f3f7
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#c2c8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #afb4c5
  3. #9ba0af
  4. #888c99
  5. #747883
  6. #61646e
  7. #4e5058
  8. #3a3c42
  9. #27282c
  10. #131416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2c8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #c8cedf
  3. #ced3e2
  4. #d4d9e6
  5. #dadee9
  6. #e1e4ed
  7. #e7e9f1
  8. #edeff4
  9. #f3f4f8
  10. #f9fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2c8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2c8db
  2. #bbc1d2
  3. #b5bac9
  4. #aeb2c0
  5. #a8abb7
  6. #a1a4ae
  7. #9a9da4
  8. #94969b
  9. #8d8e92
  10. #878789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c8d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3c9dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c7db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdcbce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3c9dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1c8db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfcad3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2c8db {
  color: #c2c8db;
}
Background
.bg-c2c8db {
  background-color: #c2c8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2c8db {
  border: 2px solid #c2c8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2c8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 200 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 26% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2c8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2c8db, #c8c2db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2c8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 200 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.48 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.76 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.78 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.05 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.70 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.85 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.85 #3d3724 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c2c8db  rgb(194, 200, 219)  hsl(226, 26%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbd5c2  rgb(219, 213, 194)  hsl(46, 26%, 81%)  Bone
#dbc2c8  rgb(219, 194, 200)  hsl(346, 26%, 81%)  Pale Pink
#c8dbc2  rgb(200, 219, 194)  hsl(106, 26%, 81%)  Tea Green