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#C5D1EB

#c5d1eb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5d1eb 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, 81.96% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.17% cyan, 11.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 221.05°, with 48.72% saturation and 84.71% 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 13.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.77.

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Relative luminance0.6347

Complementary

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #ebdfc5

Split complementary

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #ebccc5
  3. #e4ebc5

Analogous

  1. #c5e4eb
  2. #c5d1eb
  3. #ccc5eb

Triadic

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #ebc5d1
  3. #d1ebc5

Tetradic

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #dfc5eb
  3. #ebdfc5
  4. #d1ebc5

Square

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #ebc5e4
  3. #ebdfc5
  4. #c5ebcc

Monochromatic

  1. #5377c4
  2. #8ca4d7
  3. #c5d1eb
  4. #f0f3fa
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#c5d1eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #b1bcd4
  3. #9ea7bc
  4. #8a92a5
  5. #767d8d
  6. #636976
  7. #4f545e
  8. #3b3f47
  9. #272a2f
  10. #141518
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5d1eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #cbd6ed
  3. #d1daef
  4. #d6dff1
  5. #dce3f3
  6. #e2e8f5
  7. #e8edf7
  8. #eef1f9
  9. #f3f6fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5d1eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5d1eb
  2. #bec9e0
  3. #b7c1d6
  4. #b0b9cb
  5. #a9b1c0
  6. #a3a9b6
  7. #9ca0ab
  8. #9598a0
  9. #8e9095
  10. #87888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccd1dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9d2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6cfea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcd6d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8d2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6d0eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0d4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5d1eb {
  color: #c5d1eb;
}
Background
.bg-c5d1eb {
  background-color: #c5d1eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5d1eb {
  border: 2px solid #c5d1eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5d1eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 209 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 49% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5d1eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5d1eb, #ccc5eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5d1eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 209 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.70 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.84 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.04 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.68 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.29 #3a2e14 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c5d1eb  rgb(197, 209, 235)  hsl(221, 49%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebdfc5  rgb(235, 223, 197)  hsl(41, 49%, 85%)  Pearl
#ebc5d1  rgb(235, 197, 209)  hsl(341, 49%, 85%)  Baby Pink
#d1ebc5  rgb(209, 235, 197)  hsl(101, 49%, 85%)  Tea Green