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#C8DDFF

#c8ddff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8ddff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 86.67% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.57% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 217.09°, with 100% saturation and 89.22% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.56.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7121

Complementary

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #ffeac8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #ffcfc8
  3. #f9ffc8

Analogous

  1. #c8f9ff
  2. #c8ddff
  3. #cfc8ff

Triadic

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #ffc8dd
  3. #ddffc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #eac8ff
  3. #ffeac8
  4. #ddffc8

Square

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #ffc8f9
  3. #ffeac8
  4. #c8ffcf

Monochromatic

  1. #2f7eff
  2. #7caeff
  3. #c8ddff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#c8ddff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #b4c7e6
  3. #a0b1cc
  4. #8c9bb3
  5. #788599
  6. #646f80
  7. #505866
  8. #3c424d
  9. #282c33
  10. #14161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ddff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #cee0ff
  3. #d3e4ff
  4. #d9e7ff
  5. #deebff
  6. #e4eeff
  7. #e9f1ff
  8. #eff5ff
  9. #f4f8ff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ddff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ddff
  2. #c1d4f2
  3. #bacae6
  4. #b2c1d9
  5. #abb8cc
  6. #a4afc0
  7. #9da5b3
  8. #969ca6
  9. #8e9399
  10. #87898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4dceb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2deff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd9fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bae4e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cedeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbdbff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0e1f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ddff {
  color: #c8ddff;
}
Background
.bg-c8ddff {
  background-color: #c8ddff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ddff {
  border: 2px solid #c8ddff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ddff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 221 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 100% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ddff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ddff, #cfc8ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ddff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 221 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.56 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.93 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.30 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.37 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.88 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 11.36 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 12.01 #372200 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#c8ddff  rgb(200, 221, 255)  hsl(217, 100%, 89%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffeac8  rgb(255, 234, 200)  hsl(37, 100%, 89%)  Blanched Almond
#ffc8dd  rgb(255, 200, 221)  hsl(337, 100%, 89%)  Bubble Gum
#ddffc8  rgb(221, 255, 200)  hsl(97, 100%, 89%)  Tea Green