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#C4E8EA

#c4e8ea ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4e8ea 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, 90.98% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.24% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 183.16°, 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 16.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.7539

Complementary

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #eac6c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #eac4d5
  3. #ead9c4

Analogous

  1. #c4ead9
  2. #c4e8ea
  3. #c4d5ea

Triadic

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #eac4e8
  3. #e8eac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #c6c4ea
  3. #eac6c4
  4. #e8eac4

Square

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #d9c4ea
  3. #eac6c4
  4. #d5eac4

Monochromatic

  1. #53bcc2
  2. #8cd2d6
  3. #c4e8ea
  4. #f0f9fa
  5. #f0f9fa

Shades

#c4e8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #b0d1d3
  3. #9dbabb
  4. #89a2a4
  5. #768b8c
  6. #627475
  7. #4e5d5e
  8. #3b4646
  9. #272e2f
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4e8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #caeaec
  3. #d0edee
  4. #d6eff0
  5. #dcf1f2
  6. #e2f4f5
  7. #e7f6f7
  8. #edf8f9
  9. #f3fafb
  10. #f9fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4e8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4e8ea
  2. #bddedf
  3. #b6d3d5
  4. #b0c9ca
  5. #a9bec0
  6. #a2b4b5
  7. #9baaaa
  8. #949fa0
  9. #8e9595
  10. #878a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6e4e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e4ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbdfea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9ebe8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7e6ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2e3ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdeae9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4e8ea {
  color: #c4e8ea;
}
Background
.bg-c4e8ea {
  background-color: #c4e8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4e8ea {
  border: 2px solid #c4e8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4e8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 232 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 48% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4e8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4e8ea, #c4d5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4e8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 232 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.63 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.24 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.95 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.13 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.73 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.05 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.54 #3b1715 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c4e8ea  rgb(196, 232, 234)  hsl(183, 48%, 84%)  Powder Blue
#eac6c4  rgb(234, 198, 196)  hsl(3, 48%, 84%)  Baby Pink
#eac4e8  rgb(234, 196, 232)  hsl(303, 48%, 84%)  Thistle
#e8eac4  rgb(232, 234, 196)  hsl(63, 48%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow