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#C5CEE2

#c5cee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5cee2 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, 80.78% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.83% cyan, 8.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 221.38°, with 33.33% saturation and 82.94% 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 13.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.615

Complementary

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #e2d9c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #e2cac5
  3. #dce2c5

Analogous

  1. #c5dce2
  2. #c5cee2
  3. #cac5e2

Triadic

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #e2c5ce
  3. #cee2c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #d9c5e2
  3. #e2d9c5
  4. #cee2c5

Square

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #e2c5dc
  3. #e2d9c5
  4. #c5e2ca

Monochromatic

  1. #5f78af
  2. #92a3c8
  3. #c5cee2
  4. #f1f4f8
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#c5cee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #b1b9cb
  3. #9ea5b5
  4. #8a909e
  5. #767c88
  6. #636771
  7. #4f525a
  8. #3b3e44
  9. #27292d
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5cee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #cbd3e5
  3. #d1d8e8
  4. #d6ddeb
  5. #dce2ee
  6. #e2e7f1
  7. #e8ebf3
  8. #eef0f6
  9. #f3f5f9
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5cee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5cee2
  2. #bec6d8
  3. #b7bece
  4. #b0b7c5
  5. #a9afbb
  6. #a3a7b1
  7. #9c9fa7
  8. #95979d
  9. #8e9094
  10. #87888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caced6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8cfe3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6cde2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bed2d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7cfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5cde2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1d0da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5cee2 {
  color: #c5cee2;
}
Background
.bg-c5cee2 {
  background-color: #c5cee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5cee2 {
  border: 2px solid #c5cee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5cee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 206 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 33% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5cee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5cee2, #cac5e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5cee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 206 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.93 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.34 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.19 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.89 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.91 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.91 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.30 #3a311d Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c5cee2  rgb(197, 206, 226)  hsl(221, 33%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2d9c5  rgb(226, 217, 197)  hsl(41, 33%, 83%)  Bone
#e2c5ce  rgb(226, 197, 206)  hsl(341, 33%, 83%)  Pale Pink
#cee2c5  rgb(206, 226, 197)  hsl(101, 33%, 83%)  Tea Green