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#C4E2EA

#c4e2ea ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4e2ea is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 88.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.24% cyan, 3.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 192.63°, with 47.5% saturation and 84.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 4.33.

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Relative luminance0.7207

Complementary

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #eaccc4

Split complementary

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #eac4cf
  3. #eadfc4

Analogous

  1. #c4eadf
  2. #c4e2ea
  3. #c4cfea

Triadic

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #eac4e2
  3. #e2eac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #ccc4ea
  3. #eaccc4
  4. #e2eac4

Square

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #dfc4ea
  3. #eaccc4
  4. #cfeac4

Monochromatic

  1. #53abc2
  2. #8cc6d6
  3. #c4e2ea
  4. #f0f8fa
  5. #f0f8fa

Shades

#c4e2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #b0cbd3
  3. #9db5bb
  4. #899ea4
  5. #76888c
  6. #627175
  7. #4e5a5e
  8. #3b4446
  9. #272d2f
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4e2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #cae5ec
  3. #d0e8ee
  4. #d6ebf0
  5. #dceef2
  6. #e2f1f5
  7. #e7f3f7
  8. #edf6f9
  9. #f3f9fb
  10. #f9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4e2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4e2ea
  2. #bdd8df
  3. #b6ced5
  4. #b0c5ca
  5. #a9bbc0
  6. #a2b1b5
  7. #9ba7aa
  8. #949da0
  9. #8e9495
  10. #878a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3dfe2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce0eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6dbea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9e5e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3e1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfdeea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bee4e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4e2ea {
  color: #c4e2ea;
}
Background
.bg-c4e2ea {
  background-color: #c4e2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4e2ea {
  border: 2px solid #c4e2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4e2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 226 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 48% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4e2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4e2ea, #c4cfea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4e2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 226 234 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.33 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.56 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.14 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.16 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.22 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.74 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.07 #3b1d15 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Light Blue
#c4e2ea  rgb(196, 226, 234)  hsl(193, 48%, 84%)  Light Blue
#eaccc4  rgb(234, 204, 196)  hsl(13, 48%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#eac4e2  rgb(234, 196, 226)  hsl(313, 48%, 84%)  Thistle
#e2eac4  rgb(226, 234, 196)  hsl(73, 48%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow