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#CAEFEA

#caefea ≈ Light Cyan

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caefea is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 171.89°, with 53.62% saturation and 86.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 4.72.

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Relative luminance0.8023

Complementary

  1. #caefea
  2. #efcacf

Split complementary

  1. #caefea
  2. #efcae1
  3. #efd7ca

Analogous

  1. #caefd7
  2. #caefea
  3. #cae1ef

Triadic

  1. #caefea
  2. #eacaef
  3. #efeaca

Tetradic

  1. #caefea
  2. #cacfef
  3. #efcacf
  4. #efeaca

Square

  1. #caefea
  2. #d7caef
  3. #efcacf
  4. #e1efca

Monochromatic

  1. #54ccbb
  2. #8fddd3
  3. #caefea
  4. #effaf9
  5. #effaf9

Shades

#caefea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caefea
  2. #b6d7d3
  3. #a2bfbb
  4. #8da7a4
  5. #798f8c
  6. #657875
  7. #51605e
  8. #3d4846
  9. #28302f
  10. #141817
  11. #000000

Tints

#caefea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caefea
  2. #cff1ec
  3. #d5f2ee
  4. #daf4f0
  5. #dff5f2
  6. #e5f7f5
  7. #eaf9f7
  8. #effaf9
  9. #f4fcfb
  10. #fafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caefea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caefea
  2. #c3e4df
  3. #bbd9d5
  4. #b4ceca
  5. #acc3c0
  6. #a5b8b5
  7. #9eacaa
  8. #96a1a0
  9. #8f9695
  10. #878b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dceae8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebebea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e5eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0f1ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfecea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dae9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4f0ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caefea {
  color: #caefea;
}
Background
.bg-caefea {
  background-color: #caefea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caefea {
  border: 2px solid #caefea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caefea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 54% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caefea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caefea, #cae1ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caefea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.72 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.57 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.01 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.72 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 8.59 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.64 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.44 #351015 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#caefea  rgb(202, 239, 234)  hsl(172, 54%, 86%)  Light Cyan
#efcacf  rgb(239, 202, 207)  hsl(352, 54%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#eacaef  rgb(234, 202, 239)  hsl(292, 54%, 86%)  Thistle
#efeaca  rgb(239, 234, 202)  hsl(52, 54%, 86%)  Cornsilk