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#C8EAEE

#c8eaee ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8eaee is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 91.76% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.97% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 186.32°, with 52.78% saturation and 85.88% 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 16.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.29.

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Relative luminance0.773

Complementary

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #eeccc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #eec8d7
  3. #eedfc8

Analogous

  1. #c8eedf
  2. #c8eaee
  3. #c8d7ee

Triadic

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #eec8ea
  3. #eaeec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #ccc8ee
  3. #eeccc8
  4. #eaeec8

Square

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #dfc8ee
  3. #eeccc8
  4. #d7eec8

Monochromatic

  1. #53bdca
  2. #8ed4dc
  3. #c8eaee
  4. #eff9fa
  5. #eff9fa

Shades

#c8eaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #b4d3d6
  3. #a0bbbe
  4. #8ca4a7
  5. #788c8f
  6. #647577
  7. #505e5f
  8. #3c4647
  9. #282f30
  10. #141718
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8eaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #ceecf0
  3. #d3eef1
  4. #d9f0f3
  5. #def2f5
  6. #e4f5f7
  7. #e9f7f8
  8. #eff9fa
  9. #f4fbfc
  10. #fafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8eaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8eaee
  2. #c1dfe3
  3. #bad5d8
  4. #b2cacd
  5. #abc0c2
  6. #a4b5b7
  7. #9daaac
  8. #96a0a1
  9. #8e9596
  10. #878b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9e6e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e7ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dde1ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdedeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dae8ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5e5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2ecec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8eaee {
  color: #c8eaee;
}
Background
.bg-c8eaee {
  background-color: #c8eaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8eaee {
  border: 2px solid #c8eaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8eaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 234 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 186 53% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8eaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8eaee, #c8d7ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8eaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 234 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.29 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.81 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.91 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.74 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.88 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.27 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.74 #371511 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c8eaee  rgb(200, 234, 238)  hsl(186, 53%, 86%)  Powder Blue
#eeccc8  rgb(238, 204, 200)  hsl(6, 53%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#eec8ea  rgb(238, 200, 234)  hsl(306, 53%, 86%)  Thistle
#eaeec8  rgb(234, 238, 200)  hsl(66, 53%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow