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#C4E4E2

#c4e4e2 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4e4e2 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, 89.41% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.88% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 176.25°, with 37.21% saturation and 83.14% 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 15.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.7271

Complementary

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #e4c4c6

Split complementary

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #e4c4d6
  3. #e4d2c4

Analogous

  1. #c4e4d2
  2. #c4e4e2
  3. #c4d6e4

Triadic

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #e2c4e4
  3. #e4e2c4

Tetradic

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #c4c6e4
  3. #e4c4c6
  4. #e4e2c4

Square

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #d2c4e4
  3. #e4c4c6
  4. #d6e4c4

Monochromatic

  1. #5bb4ae
  2. #90ccc8
  3. #c4e4e2
  4. #f1f9f8
  5. #f1f9f8

Shades

#c4e4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #b0cdcb
  3. #9db6b5
  4. #89a09e
  5. #768988
  6. #627271
  7. #4e5b5a
  8. #3b4444
  9. #272e2d
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4e4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #cae7e5
  3. #d0e9e8
  4. #d6eceb
  5. #dcefee
  6. #e2f2f1
  7. #e7f4f3
  8. #edf7f6
  9. #f3faf9
  10. #f9fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4e4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4e4e2
  2. #bddad8
  3. #b6d0ce
  4. #b0c6c5
  5. #a9bcbb
  6. #a2b2b1
  7. #9ba8a7
  8. #949e9d
  9. #8e9494
  10. #878a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e0df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0e0e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dce2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbe6e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e2e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1dfe2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfe5e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4e4e2 {
  color: #c4e4e2;
}
Background
.bg-c4e4e2 {
  background-color: #c4e4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4e4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #c4e4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4e4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 228 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 37% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4e4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4e4e2, #c4d6e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4e4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 228 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.71 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.92 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.65 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.28 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.18 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.22 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.68 #3b1b1d Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c4e4e2  rgb(196, 228, 226)  hsl(176, 37%, 83%)  Powder Blue
#e4c4c6  rgb(228, 196, 198)  hsl(356, 37%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#e2c4e4  rgb(226, 196, 228)  hsl(296, 37%, 83%)  Thistle
#e4e2c4  rgb(228, 226, 196)  hsl(56, 37%, 83%)  Beige