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#c6cbdb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c6cbdb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 79.61% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.59% cyan, 7.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 225.71°, with 22.58% saturation and 81.76% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.24.

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Relative luminance0.5983

Complementary

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #dbd6c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #dbcbc6
  3. #d5dbc6

Analogous

  1. #c6d5db
  2. #c6cbdb
  3. #cbc6db

Triadic

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #dbc6cb
  3. #cbdbc6

Tetradic

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #d6c6db
  3. #dbd6c6
  4. #cbdbc6

Square

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #dbc6d5
  3. #dbd6c6
  4. #c6dbcb

Monochromatic

  1. #6875a0
  2. #97a0bd
  3. #c6cbdb
  4. #f2f4f7
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#c6cbdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #b2b7c5
  3. #9ea2af
  4. #8b8e99
  5. #777a83
  6. #63666e
  7. #4f5158
  8. #3b3d42
  9. #28292c
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6cbdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #ccd0df
  3. #d1d5e2
  4. #d7dbe6
  5. #dde0e9
  6. #e3e5ed
  7. #e8eaf1
  8. #eeeff4
  9. #f4f5f8
  10. #f9fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6cbdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6cbdb
  2. #bfc4d2
  3. #b8bcc9
  4. #b1b5c0
  5. #aaadb7
  6. #a3a6ae
  7. #9c9ea4
  8. #95979b
  9. #8e8f92
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9cbd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7ccdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cadb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2ced0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ccdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cbdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3cdd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6cbdb {
  color: #c6cbdb;
}
Background
.bg-c6cbdb {
  background-color: #c6cbdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6cbdb {
  border: 2px solid #c6cbdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6cbdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 203 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 23% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6cbdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6cbdb, #cbc6db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6cbdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 203 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.24 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.20 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.49 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.56 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.56 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.84 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.84 #393424 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c6cbdb  rgb(198, 203, 219)  hsl(226, 23%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbd6c6  rgb(219, 214, 198)  hsl(46, 23%, 82%)  Bone
#dbc6cb  rgb(219, 198, 203)  hsl(346, 23%, 82%)  Pale Pink
#cbdbc6  rgb(203, 219, 198)  hsl(106, 23%, 82%)  Honeydew