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#c9cfd5 ≈ Light Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9cfd5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 81.18% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.63% cyan, 2.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 12.5% saturation and 81.18% 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 13.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Gray (#d3d3d3), ΔE 3.78.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.6185

Complementary

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #d5cfc9

Split complementary

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #d5c9c9
  3. #d5d5c9

Analogous

  1. #c9d5d5
  2. #c9cfd5
  3. #c9c9d5

Triadic

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #d5c9cf
  3. #cfd5c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #cfc9d5
  3. #d5cfc9
  4. #cfd5c9

Square

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #d5c9d5
  3. #d5cfc9
  4. #c9d5c9

Monochromatic

  1. #738392
  2. #9ea9b4
  3. #c9cfd5
  4. #f4f5f6
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#c9cfd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #b5bac0
  3. #a1a6aa
  4. #8d9195
  5. #797c80
  6. #65686b
  7. #505355
  8. #3c3e40
  9. #28292b
  10. #141515
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9cfd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #ced4d9
  3. #d4d9dd
  4. #d9dde2
  5. #dfe2e6
  6. #e4e7ea
  7. #e9ecee
  8. #eff1f2
  9. #f4f5f7
  10. #fafafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9cfd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9cfd5
  2. #c2c7cd
  3. #babfc4
  4. #b3b7bc
  5. #acafb3
  6. #a5a8ab
  7. #9da0a2
  8. #96989a
  9. #8f9091
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cccfd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdcfd5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbced5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6d0d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbcfd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #caced5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7d0d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9cfd5 {
  color: #c9cfd5;
}
Background
.bg-c9cfd5 {
  background-color: #c9cfd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9cfd5 {
  border: 2px solid #c9cfd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9cfd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 207 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 13% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9cfd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9cfd5, #c9c9d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9cfd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 207 213 / 0.35);
}

#d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 3.78 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 3.78 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.84 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.05 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.78 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 6.86 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 6.88 #36302a Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Gray
#c9cfd5  rgb(201, 207, 213)  hsl(210, 13%, 81%)  Light Gray
#d5cfc9  rgb(213, 207, 201)  hsl(30, 13%, 81%)  Timberwolf
#d5c9cf  rgb(213, 201, 207)  hsl(330, 13%, 81%)  Languid Lavender
#cfd5c9  rgb(207, 213, 201)  hsl(90, 13%, 81%)  Timberwolf