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#c8d2ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8d2ea 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, 82.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.53% cyan, 10.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 222.35°, with 44.74% saturation and 85.1% 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 13.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.6431

Complementary

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #eae0c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #eacfc8
  3. #e3eac8

Analogous

  1. #c8e3ea
  2. #c8d2ea
  3. #cfc8ea

Triadic

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #eac8d2
  3. #d2eac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #e0c8ea
  3. #eae0c8
  4. #d2eac8

Square

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #eac8e3
  3. #eae0c8
  4. #c8eacf

Monochromatic

  1. #5977c0
  2. #91a5d5
  3. #c8d2ea
  4. #f0f3f9
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#c8d2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #b4bdd3
  3. #a0a8bb
  4. #8c93a4
  5. #787e8c
  6. #646975
  7. #50545e
  8. #3c3f46
  9. #282a2f
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #ced7ec
  3. #d3dbee
  4. #d9e0f0
  5. #dee4f2
  6. #e4e9f5
  7. #e9edf7
  8. #eff2f9
  9. #f4f6fb
  10. #fafbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d2ea
  2. #c1cadf
  3. #bac2d5
  4. #b2b9ca
  5. #abb1c0
  6. #a4a9b5
  7. #9da1aa
  8. #9699a0
  9. #8e9095
  10. #87888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ced2dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbd3eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d1e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0d7da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cad3eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8d1ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3d5e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d2ea {
  color: #c8d2ea;
}
Background
.bg-c8d2ea {
  background-color: #c8d2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d2ea {
  border: 2px solid #c8d2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 210 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d2ea, #cfc8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 210 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.39 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.53 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.92 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.22 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.31 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.12 #372d15 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c8d2ea  rgb(200, 210, 234)  hsl(222, 45%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#eae0c8  rgb(234, 224, 200)  hsl(42, 45%, 85%)  Pearl
#eac8d2  rgb(234, 200, 210)  hsl(342, 45%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#d2eac8  rgb(210, 234, 200)  hsl(102, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green