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#c8cbdf ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8cbdf is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 79.61% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.31% cyan, 8.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 232.17°, with 26.44% 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 13.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 6.4.

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Relative luminance0.6032

Complementary

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #dfdcc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #dfd0c8
  3. #d6dfc8

Analogous

  1. #c8d6df
  2. #c8cbdf
  3. #d0c8df

Triadic

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #dfc8cb
  3. #cbdfc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #dcc8df
  3. #dfdcc8
  4. #cbdfc8

Square

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #dfc8d6
  3. #dfdcc8
  4. #c8dfd0

Monochromatic

  1. #6770a7
  2. #989dc3
  3. #c8cbdf
  4. #f2f3f7
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#c8cbdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #b4b7c9
  3. #a0a2b2
  4. #8c8e9c
  5. #787a86
  6. #646670
  7. #505159
  8. #3c3d43
  9. #28292d
  10. #141416
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cbdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #ced0e2
  3. #d3d5e5
  4. #d9dbe9
  5. #dee0ec
  6. #e4e5ef
  7. #e9eaf2
  8. #efeff5
  9. #f4f5f9
  10. #fafafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cbdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cbdf
  2. #c1c4d6
  3. #babccc
  4. #b2b5c3
  5. #abadb9
  6. #a4a6b0
  7. #9d9ea6
  8. #96979d
  9. #8e8f93
  10. #87888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caccd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6cde0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cbde ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3ced1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7cce0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cbdf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5cdd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cbdf {
  color: #c8cbdf;
}
Background
.bg-c8cbdf {
  background-color: #c8cbdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cbdf {
  border: 2px solid #c8cbdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cbdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 203 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 26% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cbdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cbdf, #d0c8df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cbdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 203 223 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.40 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.12 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.04 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.14 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.22 #373420 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#c8cbdf  rgb(200, 203, 223)  hsl(232, 26%, 83%)  Languid Lavender
#dfdcc8  rgb(223, 220, 200)  hsl(52, 26%, 83%)  Pearl
#dfc8cb  rgb(223, 200, 203)  hsl(352, 26%, 83%)  Pale Pink
#cbdfc8  rgb(203, 223, 200)  hsl(112, 26%, 83%)  Tea Green