Information about #CBC5E1 color

#CBC5E1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CBC5E1 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(203, 197, 225) — 79.6% red, 77.3% green, 88.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 9 / 11 / 0 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#CBC5E1 presents itself as a moderately toned deep-sea blue — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Confederate Grey (#CBCBDE). Slightly further away sit Fairytale (#C6C4DB) and Light Periwinkle (#C5CBE1).

In RGB terms — rgb(203, 197, 225) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CBC5E1 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CBC5E1 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CBC5E1 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CBC5E1

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Zappo color link
Zappo

#C4C0E2

Fog color link
Fog

#D5C7E8

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Link Water color link
Link Water

#C7CDD8

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Sweetwaters color link
Sweetwaters

#C3D1DF

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Melrose color link
Melrose

#C3B9DD

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CBC5E1
  • RGB203, 197, 225
  • CMYK9, 11, 0, 12
  • CSSrgb(203, 197, 225)
  • HSL253°, 32%, 83%
  • HSL Precise252.857°, 31.818%, 82.745%
  • HSV253°, 12%, 88%
  • HSB253°, 12%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • GLSLvec3(0.796, 0.773, 0.882)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.796, 0.773, 0.882, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.796, 0.773, 0.882)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB88.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDCBC5E1
  • DECIMAL ID13354465
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01