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#c8eaef ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8eaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.32% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 187.69°, with 54.93% saturation and 86.08% 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 16.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.35.

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Relative luminance0.7736

Complementary

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #efcdc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #efc8d7
  3. #efe1c8

Analogous

  1. #c8efe1
  2. #c8eaef
  3. #c8d7ef

Triadic

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #efc8ea
  3. #eaefc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #cdc8ef
  3. #efcdc8
  4. #eaefc8

Square

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #e1c8ef
  3. #efcdc8
  4. #d7efc8

Monochromatic

  1. #51bdcd
  2. #8dd3de
  3. #c8eaef
  4. #eff9fa
  5. #eff9fa

Shades

#c8eaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #b4d3d7
  3. #a0bbbf
  4. #8ca4a7
  5. #788c8f
  6. #647578
  7. #505e60
  8. #3c4648
  9. #282f30
  10. #141718
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8eaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #ceecf1
  3. #d3eef2
  4. #d9f0f4
  5. #def2f5
  6. #e4f5f7
  7. #e9f7f9
  8. #eff9fa
  9. #f4fbfc
  10. #fafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8eaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8eaef
  2. #c1dfe4
  3. #bad5d9
  4. #b2cace
  5. #abc0c3
  6. #a4b5b8
  7. #9daaac
  8. #96a0a1
  9. #8e9596
  10. #878b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9e6e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e7ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dde1ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdedeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9e8ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5e5ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1eced ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8eaef {
  color: #c8eaef;
}
Background
.bg-c8eaef {
  background-color: #c8eaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8eaef {
  border: 2px solid #c8eaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8eaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 234 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 55% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8eaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8eaef, #c8d7ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8eaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 234 239 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.35 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.95 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.66 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.55 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.89 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.12 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.74 #371510 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c8eaef  rgb(200, 234, 239)  hsl(188, 55%, 86%)  Powder Blue
#efcdc8  rgb(239, 205, 200)  hsl(8, 55%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#efc8ea  rgb(239, 200, 234)  hsl(308, 55%, 86%)  Thistle
#eaefc8  rgb(234, 239, 200)  hsl(68, 55%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow