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#C4CBDA

#c4cbda ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4cbda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 79.61% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.09% cyan, 6.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 220.91°, with 22.92% saturation and 81.18% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.61.

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Relative luminance0.5951

Complementary

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #dad3c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #dac8c4
  3. #d6dac4

Analogous

  1. #c4d6da
  2. #c4cbda
  3. #c8c4da

Triadic

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #dac4cb
  3. #cbdac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #d3c4da
  3. #dad3c4
  4. #cbdac4

Square

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #dac4d6
  3. #dad3c4
  4. #c4dac8

Monochromatic

  1. #66789f
  2. #95a2bd
  3. #c4cbda
  4. #f2f4f7
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#c4cbda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #b0b7c4
  3. #9da2ae
  4. #898e99
  5. #767a83
  6. #62666d
  7. #4e5157
  8. #3b3d41
  9. #27292c
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4cbda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #cad0de
  3. #d0d5e1
  4. #d6dbe5
  5. #dce0e9
  6. #e2e5ed
  7. #e7eaf0
  8. #edeff4
  9. #f3f5f8
  10. #f9fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4cbda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4cbda
  2. #bdc4d1
  3. #b6bcc8
  4. #b0b5bf
  5. #a9adb6
  6. #a2a6ad
  7. #9b9ea4
  8. #94979b
  9. #8e8f92
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cbd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7ccdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cada ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfced0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cbda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4cada ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1cdd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4cbda {
  color: #c4cbda;
}
Background
.bg-c4cbda {
  background-color: #c4cbda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4cbda {
  border: 2px solid #c4cbda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4cbda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 203 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 23% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4cbda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4cbda, #c8c4da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4cbda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 203 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.39 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.27 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.27 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.49 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.88 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.10 #3b3425 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c4cbda  rgb(196, 203, 218)  hsl(221, 23%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#dad3c4  rgb(218, 211, 196)  hsl(41, 23%, 81%)  Bone
#dac4cb  rgb(218, 196, 203)  hsl(341, 23%, 81%)  Languid Lavender
#cbdac4  rgb(203, 218, 196)  hsl(101, 23%, 81%)  Ash Gray