#c5d4ea

Color #c5d4ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.59 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c5d4ea

RGB

rgb(197, 212, 234)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 46.8%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 15.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(84.43, -0.62, -12.51)

LCH

lch(84.43, 12.53, 267.16)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.0346, 257.81)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 77.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eadbc5

Analogous

#c5e6ea

#c5d4ea

#c8c5ea

Triadic

#c5d4ea

#eac5d4

#d4eac5

Split-complementary

#c5d4ea

#eac8c5

#e6eac5

Tetradic

#c5d4ea

#dbc5ea

#eadbc5

#d4eac5

Square

#c5d4ea

#eac5e6

#eadbc5

#c5eac8

Shades

Color #c5d4ea mixed toward black.

#90add7

#5c86c4

#39629e

#264169

#132135

Tints

Color #c5d4ea mixed toward white.

#cfdbed

#d8e2f1

#e2e9f4

#ecf1f8

#f5f8fb

Tones

Color #c5d4ea mixed toward gray.

#c8d5e7

#cbd5e4

#ced6e1

#d1d6de

#d4d7db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccce5 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#cbcae4 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#c6e1e0 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5d4ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5d4ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#c5d4ea (#c5d4ea) is rgb(197, 212, 234) in RGB.

No, #c5d4ea 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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