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#C8D0D8

#c8d0d8 ≈ Light Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8d0d8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 81.57% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.41% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 17.02% saturation and 81.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. 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 13.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Gray (#d3d3d3), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.6235

Complementary

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #d8d0c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #d8c8c8
  3. #d8d8c8

Analogous

  1. #c8d8d8
  2. #c8d0d8
  3. #c8c8d8

Triadic

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #d8c8d0
  3. #d0d8c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #d0c8d8
  3. #d8d0c8
  4. #d0d8c8

Square

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #d8c8d8
  3. #d8d0c8
  4. #c8d8c8

Monochromatic

  1. #6e8499
  2. #9baab8
  3. #c8d0d8
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#c8d0d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #b4bbc2
  3. #a0a6ad
  4. #8c9297
  5. #787d82
  6. #64686c
  7. #505356
  8. #3c3e41
  9. #282a2b
  10. #141516
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d0d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #ced5dc
  3. #d3d9e0
  4. #d9dee4
  5. #dee3e8
  6. #e4e8ec
  7. #e9ecef
  8. #eff1f3
  9. #f4f6f7
  10. #fafafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d0d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d0d8
  2. #c1c8cf
  3. #bac0c6
  4. #b2b8be
  5. #abb0b5
  6. #a4a8ac
  7. #9da0a3
  8. #96989a
  9. #8e9092
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cccfd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd0d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbced8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4d2d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbd0d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cacfd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6d1d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d0d8 {
  color: #c8d0d8;
}
Background
.bg-c8d0d8 {
  background-color: #c8d0d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d0d8 {
  border: 2px solid #c8d0d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d0d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 208 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 17% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d0d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d0d8, #c8c8d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d0d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 208 216 / 0.35);
}

#d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.76 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.76 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.57 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.77 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.96 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.79 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 7.51 #372f27 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Light Gray
#c8d0d8  rgb(200, 208, 216)  hsl(210, 17%, 82%)  Light Gray
#d8d0c8  rgb(216, 208, 200)  hsl(30, 17%, 82%)  Timberwolf
#d8c8d0  rgb(216, 200, 208)  hsl(330, 17%, 82%)  Languid Lavender
#d0d8c8  rgb(208, 216, 200)  hsl(90, 17%, 82%)  Ash Gray