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#C5CCDF

#c5ccdf ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5ccdf is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 80% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.66% cyan, 8.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 223.85°, with 28.89% saturation and 82.35% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.43.

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Relative luminance0.6038

Complementary

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #dfd8c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #dfcbc5
  3. #d9dfc5

Analogous

  1. #c5d9df
  2. #c5ccdf
  3. #cbc5df

Triadic

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #dfc5cc
  3. #ccdfc5

Tetradic

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #d8c5df
  3. #dfd8c5
  4. #ccdfc5

Square

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #dfc5d9
  3. #dfd8c5
  4. #c5dfcb

Monochromatic

  1. #6275a9
  2. #94a1c4
  3. #c5ccdf
  4. #f2f3f8
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#c5ccdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #b1b8c9
  3. #9ea3b2
  4. #8a8f9c
  5. #767a86
  6. #636670
  7. #4f5259
  8. #3b3d43
  9. #27292d
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5ccdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #cbd1e2
  3. #d1d6e5
  4. #d6dbe9
  5. #dce0ec
  6. #e2e6ef
  7. #e8ebf2
  8. #eef0f5
  9. #f3f5f9
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5ccdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5ccdf
  2. #bec4d6
  3. #b7bdcc
  4. #b0b5c3
  5. #a9aeb9
  6. #a3a6b0
  7. #9c9ea6
  8. #95979d
  9. #8e8f93
  10. #87888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ccd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7cde0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cbdf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfcfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cde0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5cbdf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2ced7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5ccdf {
  color: #c5ccdf;
}
Background
.bg-c5ccdf {
  background-color: #c5ccdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5ccdf {
  border: 2px solid #c5ccdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5ccdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 204 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 29% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5ccdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5ccdf, #cbc5df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5ccdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 204 223 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.43 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.08 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.13 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.43 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.60 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.60 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.95 #3a3320 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c5ccdf  rgb(197, 204, 223)  hsl(224, 29%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#dfd8c5  rgb(223, 216, 197)  hsl(44, 29%, 82%)  Bone
#dfc5cc  rgb(223, 197, 204)  hsl(344, 29%, 82%)  Pale Pink
#ccdfc5  rgb(204, 223, 197)  hsl(104, 29%, 82%)  Tea Green