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#CAECFA

#caecfa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caecfa 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, 92.55% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, 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 16.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.6.

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Relative luminance0.7945

Complementary

  1. #caecfa
  2. #fad8ca

Split complementary

  1. #caecfa
  2. #facad4
  3. #faf0ca

Analogous

  1. #cafaf0
  2. #caecfa
  3. #cad4fa

Triadic

  1. #caecfa
  2. #facaec
  3. #ecfaca

Tetradic

  1. #caecfa
  2. #d8cafa
  3. #fad8ca
  4. #ecfaca

Square

  1. #caecfa
  2. #f0cafa
  3. #fad8ca
  4. #d4faca

Monochromatic

  1. #3ebaed
  2. #84d3f3
  3. #caecfa
  4. #ecf8fd
  5. #ecf8fd

Shades

#caecfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caecfa
  2. #b6d4e1
  3. #a2bdc8
  4. #8da5af
  5. #798e96
  6. #65767d
  7. #515e64
  8. #3d474b
  9. #282f32
  10. #141819
  11. #000000

Tints

#caecfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caecfa
  2. #cfeefb
  3. #d5f0fb
  4. #daf2fc
  5. #dff4fc
  6. #e5f6fd
  7. #eaf7fd
  8. #eff9fe
  9. #f4fbfe
  10. #fafdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caecfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caecfa
  2. #c3e1ee
  3. #bbd6e2
  4. #b4ccd5
  5. #acc1c9
  6. #a5b6bd
  7. #9eabb1
  8. #96a0a5
  9. #8f9698
  10. #878b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dce9ef ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4eafb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dde4fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdf1f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daebfa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5e7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2eff4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caecfa {
  color: #caecfa;
}
Background
.bg-caecfa {
  background-color: #caecfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caecfa {
  border: 2px solid #caecfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caecfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 236 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 83% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caecfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caecfa, #cad4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caecfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 236 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.60 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.45 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.44 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.61 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.70 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.09 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.38 #351305 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#caecfa  rgb(202, 236, 250)  hsl(198, 83%, 89%)  Columbia Blue
#fad8ca  rgb(250, 216, 202)  hsl(18, 83%, 89%)  Unbleached Silk
#facaec  rgb(250, 202, 236)  hsl(318, 83%, 89%)  Thistle
#ecfaca  rgb(236, 250, 202)  hsl(78, 83%, 89%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow