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#c5cbdb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5cbdb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 79.61% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.05% cyan, 7.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 223.64°, with 23.4% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.85.

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Relative luminance0.597

Complementary

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #dbd5c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #dbcac5
  3. #d6dbc5

Analogous

  1. #c5d6db
  2. #c5cbdb
  3. #cac5db

Triadic

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #dbc5cb
  3. #cbdbc5

Tetradic

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #d5c5db
  3. #dbd5c5
  4. #cbdbc5

Square

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #dbc5d6
  3. #dbd5c5
  4. #c5dbca

Monochromatic

  1. #6776a0
  2. #96a1be
  3. #c5cbdb
  4. #f2f4f7
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#c5cbdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #b1b7c5
  3. #9ea2af
  4. #8a8e99
  5. #767a83
  6. #63666e
  7. #4f5158
  8. #3b3d42
  9. #27292c
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5cbdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #cbd0df
  3. #d1d5e2
  4. #d6dbe6
  5. #dce0e9
  6. #e2e5ed
  7. #e8eaf1
  8. #eeeff4
  9. #f3f5f8
  10. #f9fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5cbdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5cbdb
  2. #bec4d2
  3. #b7bcc9
  4. #b0b5c0
  5. #a9adb7
  6. #a3a6ae
  7. #9c9ea4
  8. #95979b
  9. #8e8f92
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9cbd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7ccdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cadb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0ced0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ccdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5cadb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2cdd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5cbdb {
  color: #c5cbdb;
}
Background
.bg-c5cbdb {
  background-color: #c5cbdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5cbdb {
  border: 2px solid #c5cbdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5cbdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 203 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 23% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5cbdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5cbdb, #cac5db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5cbdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 203 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.85 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.01 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.44 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.58 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.58 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.83 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.36 #3a3424 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c5cbdb  rgb(197, 203, 219)  hsl(224, 23%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbd5c5  rgb(219, 213, 197)  hsl(44, 23%, 82%)  Bone
#dbc5cb  rgb(219, 197, 203)  hsl(344, 23%, 82%)  Languid Lavender
#cbdbc5  rgb(203, 219, 197)  hsl(104, 23%, 82%)  Honeydew