#c5d9f6

Color #c5d9f6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c5d9f6

RGB

rgb(197, 217, 246)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 73.1%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 19.9%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(86.08, -0.69, -16.39)

LCH

lch(86.08, 16.4, 267.59)

OKLCH

oklch(88%, 0.0457, 257.61)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 77.3%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6e2c5

Analogous

#c5f2f6

#c5d9f6

#cac5f6

Triadic

#c5d9f6

#f6c5d9

#d9f6c5

Split-complementary

#c5d9f6

#f6cac5

#f2f6c5

Tetradic

#c5d9f6

#e2c5f6

#f6e2c5

#d9f6c5

Square

#c5d9f6

#f6c5f2

#f6e2c5

#c5f6ca

Shades

Color #c5d9f6 mixed toward black.

#85afec

#4585e2

#1e60c0

#144080

#0a2040

Tints

Color #c5d9f6 mixed toward white.

#cfdff8

#d8e6f9

#e2ecfb

#ecf2fc

#f5f9fe

Tones

Color #c5d9f6 mixed toward gray.

#c9daf2

#cddbee

#d1dbea

#d5dce6

#dadde2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ceceef · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#cdcbee · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#c6eae9 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5d9f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5d9f6]

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

#c5d9f6 (#c5d9f6) is rgb(197, 217, 246) in RGB.

No, #c5d9f6 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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