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#CAEBFA

#caebfa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caebfa is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 92.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.75°, with 82.76% saturation and 88.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.7888

Complementary

  1. #caebfa
  2. #fad9ca

Split complementary

  1. #caebfa
  2. #facad3
  3. #faf1ca

Analogous

  1. #cafaf1
  2. #caebfa
  3. #cad3fa

Triadic

  1. #caebfa
  2. #facaeb
  3. #ebfaca

Tetradic

  1. #caebfa
  2. #d9cafa
  3. #fad9ca
  4. #ebfaca

Square

  1. #caebfa
  2. #f1cafa
  3. #fad9ca
  4. #d3faca

Monochromatic

  1. #3eb6ed
  2. #84d1f3
  3. #caebfa
  4. #ecf8fd
  5. #ecf8fd

Shades

#caebfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caebfa
  2. #b6d4e1
  3. #a2bcc8
  4. #8da5af
  5. #798d96
  6. #65767d
  7. #515e64
  8. #3d474b
  9. #282f32
  10. #141819
  11. #000000

Tints

#caebfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caebfa
  2. #cfedfb
  3. #d5effb
  4. #daf1fc
  5. #dff3fc
  6. #e5f5fd
  7. #eaf7fd
  8. #eff9fe
  9. #f4fbfe
  10. #fafdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caebfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caebfa
  2. #c3e0ee
  3. #bbd6e2
  4. #b4cbd5
  5. #acc0c9
  6. #a5b6bd
  7. #9eabb1
  8. #96a0a5
  9. #8f9598
  10. #878b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbe8ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e9fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dce3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdf0f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9eafb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5e6fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2eef4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caebfa {
  color: #caebfa;
}
Background
.bg-caebfa {
  background-color: #caebfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caebfa {
  border: 2px solid #caebfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caebfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 235 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caebfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caebfa, #cad3fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caebfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 235 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.22 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.54 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.96 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.83 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.15 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.59 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.56 #351405 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#caebfa  rgb(202, 235, 250)  hsl(199, 83%, 89%)  Columbia Blue
#fad9ca  rgb(250, 217, 202)  hsl(19, 83%, 89%)  Unbleached Silk
#facaeb  rgb(250, 202, 235)  hsl(319, 83%, 89%)  Thistle
#ebfaca  rgb(235, 250, 202)  hsl(79, 83%, 89%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow