#c5c6ce

Color #c5c6ce

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.86 Nearest Tailwind class gray-300 #d1d5dc · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c5c6ce

RGB

rgb(197, 198, 206)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 8.4%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 4.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(80.02, 1.16, -4.11)

LCH

lch(80.02, 4.27, 285.76)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0112, 280.3)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 77.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cecdc5

Analogous

#c5cace

#c5c6ce

#c8c5ce

Triadic

#c5c6ce

#cec5c6

#c6cec5

Split-complementary

#c5c6ce

#cec8c5

#cacec5

Tetradic

#c5c6ce

#cdc5ce

#cecdc5

#c6cec5

Square

#c5c6ce

#cec5ca

#cecdc5

#c5cec8

Shades

Color #c5c6ce mixed toward black.

#a1a2af

#7c7e90

#5c5e6d

#3e3f49

#1f1f24

Tints

Color #c5c6ce mixed toward white.

#cfcfd6

#d8d9de

#e2e2e6

#ececef

#f5f5f7

Tones

Color #c5c6ce mixed toward gray.

#c6c7cd

#c6c7cc

#c7c8cc

#c8c8cb

#c9c9ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c5cc · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#c5c5cc · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#c5cbca · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 4.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5c6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5c6ce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c5c6ce (#c5c6ce) is rgb(197, 198, 206) in RGB.

No, #c5c6ce is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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