#c5cce1

Color #c5cce1

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c5cce1

RGB

rgb(197, 204, 225)

HSL

hsl(225, 31.8%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 12.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(82.1, 1.74, -11.2)

LCH

lch(82.1, 11.33, 278.83)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0302, 270.95)

HWB

hwb(225, 77.3%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1dac5

Analogous

#c5dae1

#c5cce1

#ccc5e1

Triadic

#c5cce1

#e1c5cc

#cce1c5

Split-complementary

#c5cce1

#e1ccc5

#dae1c5

Tetradic

#c5cce1

#dac5e1

#e1dac5

#cce1c5

Square

#c5cce1

#e1c5da

#e1dac5

#c5e1cc

Shades

Color #c5cce1 mixed toward black.

#97a3c9

#687ab1

#48598b

#303b5d

#181e2e

Tints

Color #c5cce1 mixed toward white.

#cfd4e6

#d8ddeb

#e2e5f0

#eceef5

#f5f6fa

Tones

Color #c5cce1 mixed toward gray.

#c7cddf

#cacedc

#cccfda

#ced1d8

#d1d2d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8dc · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#c8c7db · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#c5d8d7 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5cce1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5cce1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#c5cce1 (#c5cce1) is rgb(197, 204, 225) in RGB.

No, #c5cce1 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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