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#C2CADE

#c2cade ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c2cade is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 79.22% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.61% cyan, 9.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 29.79% saturation and 81.57% 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 12.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.5898

Complementary

  1. #c2cade
  2. #ded6c2

Split complementary

  1. #c2cade
  2. #dec8c2
  3. #d8dec2

Analogous

  1. #c2d8de
  2. #c2cade
  3. #c8c2de

Triadic

  1. #c2cade
  2. #dec2ca
  3. #cadec2

Tetradic

  1. #c2cade
  2. #d6c2de
  3. #ded6c2
  4. #cadec2

Square

  1. #c2cade
  2. #dec2d8
  3. #ded6c2
  4. #c2dec8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f74a8
  2. #909fc3
  3. #c2cade
  4. #f2f3f8
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#c2cade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2cade
  2. #afb6c8
  3. #9ba2b2
  4. #888d9b
  5. #747985
  6. #61656f
  7. #4e5159
  8. #3a3d43
  9. #27282c
  10. #131416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2cade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2cade
  2. #c8cfe1
  3. #ced5e5
  4. #d4dae8
  5. #dadfeb
  6. #e1e5ef
  7. #e7eaf2
  8. #edeff5
  9. #f3f4f8
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2cade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2cade
  2. #bbc3d5
  3. #b5bbcb
  4. #aeb4c2
  5. #a8acb8
  6. #a1a5af
  7. #9a9ea6
  8. #94969c
  9. #8d8f93
  10. #878789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7cad2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cbdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c9dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcced0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3cbdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2c9de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #beccd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2cade {
  color: #c2cade;
}
Background
.bg-c2cade {
  background-color: #c2cade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2cade {
  border: 2px solid #c2cade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2cade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 202 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 30% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2cade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2cade, #c8c2de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2cade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 202 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.82 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.96 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.74 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.87 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.06 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.08 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.08 #3d3521 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c2cade  rgb(194, 202, 222)  hsl(223, 30%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#ded6c2  rgb(222, 214, 194)  hsl(43, 30%, 82%)  Bone
#dec2ca  rgb(222, 194, 202)  hsl(343, 30%, 82%)  Pale Pink
#cadec2  rgb(202, 222, 194)  hsl(103, 30%, 82%)  Tea Green