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#c8c5da ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8c5da is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 77.25% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.26% cyan, 9.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 248.57°, with 22.11% saturation and 81.37% 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 12.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.5727

Complementary

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #d7dac5

Split complementary

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #dad2c5
  3. #ccdac5

Analogous

  1. #c5ccda
  2. #c8c5da
  3. #d2c5da

Triadic

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #dac8c5
  3. #c5dac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #dac5d7
  3. #d7dac5
  4. #c5dac8

Square

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #dac5cc
  3. #d7dac5
  4. #c5dad2

Monochromatic

  1. #6f689e
  2. #9c96bc
  3. #c8c5da
  4. #f3f3f7
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#c8c5da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #b4b1c4
  3. #a09eae
  4. #8c8a99
  5. #787683
  6. #64636d
  7. #504f57
  8. #3c3b41
  9. #28272c
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8c5da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #cecbde
  3. #d3d1e1
  4. #d9d6e5
  5. #dedce9
  6. #e4e2ed
  7. #e9e8f0
  8. #efeef4
  9. #f4f3f8
  10. #faf9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8c5da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8c5da
  2. #c1bed1
  3. #bab7c8
  4. #b2b0bf
  5. #aba9b6
  6. #a4a3ad
  7. #9d9ca4
  8. #96959b
  9. #8e8e92
  10. #878789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c6cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1c8db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c7d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5c8cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4c7db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4c6da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6c7d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8c5da {
  color: #c8c5da;
}
Background
.bg-c8c5da {
  background-color: #c8c5da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8c5da {
  border: 2px solid #c8c5da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8c5da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 197 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 22% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8c5da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8c5da, #d2c5da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8c5da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 197 218 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.02 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.64 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.12 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.73 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.97 #373a25 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c8c5da  rgb(200, 197, 218)  hsl(249, 22%, 81%)  Languid Lavender
#d7dac5  rgb(215, 218, 197)  hsl(69, 22%, 81%)  Eggshell
#dac8c5  rgb(218, 200, 197)  hsl(9, 22%, 81%)  Silver Pink
#c5dac8  rgb(197, 218, 200)  hsl(129, 22%, 81%)  Opal