Light Steel Blue (Blue)

#C5BBDD

RGB: 197, 187, 221

Color OverviewHEX #C5BBDD

#C5BBDD Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #C5BBDD is composed of 77% red, 73% green, and 87% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 258°, saturation of 33%, and lightness of 80%.

HEX

#C5BBDD

RGB

197, 187, 221

HSL

258°, 33%, 80%

HSV

258°, 15%, 87%

CMYK

11%, 15%, 0%, 13%

Name Match

Light Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #C5BBDD (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #C5BBDD (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #C5BBDD (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #C5BBDD

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #C5BBDD Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):1.82 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #C5BBDD Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):11.53 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #C5BBDD;
}

.element {
  color: #C5BBDD;
  background-color: #C5BBDD;
  border-color: #C5BBDD;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#C5BBDD] text-[#C5BBDD] border-[#C5BBDD]">
  Content styled with #C5BBDD
</div>