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#c4cbdd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4cbdd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.31% cyan, 8.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 223.2°, with 26.88% saturation and 81.76% 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 12.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.5967

Complementary

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #ddd6c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #ddc9c4
  3. #d7ddc4

Analogous

  1. #c4d7dd
  2. #c4cbdd
  3. #c9c4dd

Triadic

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #ddc4cb
  3. #cbddc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #d6c4dd
  3. #ddd6c4
  4. #cbddc4

Square

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #ddc4d7
  3. #ddd6c4
  4. #c4ddc9

Monochromatic

  1. #6375a5
  2. #93a0c1
  3. #c4cbdd
  4. #f2f4f8
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#c4cbdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #b0b7c7
  3. #9da2b1
  4. #898e9b
  5. #767a85
  6. #62666f
  7. #4e5158
  8. #3b3d42
  9. #27292c
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4cbdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #cad0e0
  3. #d0d5e4
  4. #d6dbe7
  5. #dce0eb
  6. #e2e5ee
  7. #e7eaf1
  8. #edeff5
  9. #f3f5f8
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4cbdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4cbdd
  2. #bdc4d4
  3. #b6bcca
  4. #b0b5c1
  5. #a9adb8
  6. #a2a6af
  7. #9b9ea5
  8. #94979c
  9. #8e8f93
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cbd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ccde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4cadd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfced1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5ccde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4cadd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1cdd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4cbdd {
  color: #c4cbdd;
}
Background
.bg-c4cbdd {
  background-color: #c4cbdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4cbdd {
  border: 2px solid #c4cbdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4cbdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 203 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 27% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4cbdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4cbdd, #c9c4dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4cbdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 203 221 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.92 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.44 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.31 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.31 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.54 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.58 #3b3422 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c4cbdd  rgb(196, 203, 221)  hsl(223, 27%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#ddd6c4  rgb(221, 214, 196)  hsl(43, 27%, 82%)  Bone
#ddc4cb  rgb(221, 196, 203)  hsl(343, 27%, 82%)  Pale Pink
#cbddc4  rgb(203, 221, 196)  hsl(103, 27%, 82%)  Tea Green