#c5dafb

Color #c5dafb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c5dafb

RGB

rgb(197, 218, 251)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 87.1%, 87.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 21.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(86.49, -0.12, -18.41)

LCH

lch(86.49, 18.41, 269.63)

OKLCH

oklch(88.3%, 0.051, 259.37)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 77.3%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbe6c5

Analogous

#c5f5fb

#c5dafb

#cbc5fb

Triadic

#c5dafb

#fbc5da

#dafbc5

Split-complementary

#c5dafb

#fbcbc5

#f5fbc5

Tetradic

#c5dafb

#e6c5fb

#fbe6c5

#dafbc5

Square

#c5dafb

#fbc5f5

#fbe6c5

#c5fbcb

Shades

Color #c5dafb mixed toward black.

#7fadf6

#3981f1

#0e5ad1

#0a3c8c

#051e46

Tints

Color #c5dafb mixed toward white.

#cee0fc

#d8e6fc

#e2ecfd

#ecf3fe

#f5f9fe

Tones

Color #c5dafb mixed toward gray.

#c9dbf6

#cedcf2

#d2dded

#d7dee9

#dbdfe4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecff4 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#cdccf2 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#c6edec · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5dafb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5dafb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#c5dafb (#c5dafb) is rgb(197, 218, 251) in RGB.

No, #c5dafb 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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