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#c5ced6 ≈ Light Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5ced6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 80.78% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.94% cyan, 3.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 17.17% saturation and 80.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. 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 13.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Gray (#d3d3d3), ΔE 5.13.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.6087

Complementary

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #d6cdc5

Split complementary

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #d6c5c6
  3. #d6d6c5

Analogous

  1. #c5d6d6
  2. #c5ced6
  3. #c5c6d6

Triadic

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #d6c5ce
  3. #ced6c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #cdc5d6
  3. #d6cdc5
  4. #ced6c5

Square

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #d6c5d6
  3. #d6cdc5
  4. #c6d6c5

Monochromatic

  1. #6b8297
  2. #98a8b6
  3. #c5ced6
  4. #f2f4f6
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#c5ced6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #b1b9c1
  3. #9ea5ab
  4. #8a9096
  5. #767c80
  6. #63676b
  7. #4f5256
  8. #3b3e40
  9. #27292b
  10. #141515
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5ced6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #cbd3da
  3. #d1d8de
  4. #d6dde2
  5. #dce2e6
  6. #e2e7eb
  7. #e8ebef
  8. #eef0f3
  9. #f3f5f7
  10. #f9fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5ced6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5ced6
  2. #bec6cd
  3. #b7bec5
  4. #b0b7bc
  5. #a9afb4
  6. #a3a7ab
  7. #9c9fa2
  8. #95979a
  9. #8e9091
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cacdd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbced6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9ccd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1d0d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9ced6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7cdd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3cfd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5ced6 {
  color: #c5ced6;
}
Background
.bg-c5ced6 {
  background-color: #c5ced6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5ced6 {
  border: 2px solid #c5ced6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5ced6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 206 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 17% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5ced6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5ced6, #c5c6d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5ced6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 206 214 / 0.35);
}

#d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.13 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.13 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.52 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.85 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 6.08 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.16 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.47 #3a3129 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Gray
#c5ced6  rgb(197, 206, 214)  hsl(208, 17%, 81%)  Light Gray
#d6cdc5  rgb(214, 205, 197)  hsl(28, 17%, 81%)  Timberwolf
#d6c5ce  rgb(214, 197, 206)  hsl(328, 17%, 81%)  Languid Lavender
#ced6c5  rgb(206, 214, 197)  hsl(88, 17%, 81%)  Ash Gray