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#C5CEE5

#c5cee5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5cee5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.97% cyan, 10.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 223.13°, with 38.1% saturation and 83.53% 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 13.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.6167

Complementary

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #e5dcc5

Split complementary

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #e5ccc5
  3. #dee5c5

Analogous

  1. #c5dee5
  2. #c5cee5
  3. #ccc5e5

Triadic

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #e5c5ce
  3. #cee5c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #dcc5e5
  3. #e5dcc5
  4. #cee5c5

Square

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #e5c5de
  3. #e5dcc5
  4. #c5e5cc

Monochromatic

  1. #5b75b6
  2. #90a1cd
  3. #c5cee5
  4. #f1f3f9
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#c5cee5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #b1b9ce
  3. #9ea5b7
  4. #8a90a0
  5. #767c89
  6. #636773
  7. #4f525c
  8. #3b3e45
  9. #27292e
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5cee5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #cbd3e8
  3. #d1d8ea
  4. #d6dded
  5. #dce2ef
  6. #e2e7f2
  7. #e8ebf5
  8. #eef0f7
  9. #f3f5fa
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5cee5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5cee5
  2. #bec6db
  3. #b7bed1
  4. #b0b7c7
  5. #a9afbd
  6. #a3a7b3
  7. #9c9fa8
  8. #95979e
  9. #8e9094
  10. #87888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caced8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7cfe6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cde4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bed2d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cfe6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5cde5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1d1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5cee5 {
  color: #c5cee5;
}
Background
.bg-c5cee5 {
  background-color: #c5cee5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5cee5 {
  border: 2px solid #c5cee5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5cee5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 206 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 38% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5cee5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5cee5, #ccc5e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5cee5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 206 229 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.05 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.02 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.10 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.43 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.39 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.60 #3a311a Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c5cee5  rgb(197, 206, 229)  hsl(223, 38%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#e5dcc5  rgb(229, 220, 197)  hsl(43, 38%, 84%)  Pearl
#e5c5ce  rgb(229, 197, 206)  hsl(343, 38%, 84%)  Pale Pink
#cee5c5  rgb(206, 229, 197)  hsl(103, 38%, 84%)  Tea Green