#c5dafd

Color #c5dafd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c5dafd

RGB

rgb(197, 218, 253)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 93.3%, 88.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 22.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(86.56, 0.32, -19.37)

LCH

lch(86.56, 19.37, 270.95)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.0535, 260.64)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 77.3%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fde8c5

Analogous

#c5f6fd

#c5dafd

#ccc5fd

Triadic

#c5dafd

#fdc5da

#dafdc5

Split-complementary

#c5dafd

#fdccc5

#f6fdc5

Tetradic

#c5dafd

#e8c5fd

#fde8c5

#dafdc5

Square

#c5dafd

#fdc5f6

#fde8c5

#c5fdcc

Shades

Color #c5dafd mixed toward black.

#7cacfa

#347df8

#0856d9

#053991

#031d48

Tints

Color #c5dafd mixed toward white.

#cfe0fd

#d8e6fe

#e2ecfe

#ecf3fe

#f5f9ff

Tones

Color #c5dafd mixed toward gray.

#cadbf8

#cedcf4

#d3ddef

#d8dfea

#dce0e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecff5 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#cdccf3 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#c6efed · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5dafd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5dafd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#c5dafd (#c5dafd) is rgb(197, 218, 253) in RGB.

No, #c5dafd 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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