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#DBEFEA

#dbefea ≈ Light Cyan

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dbefea is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 38.46% saturation and 89.8% 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 17.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 4.69.

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Relative luminance0.8273

Complementary

  1. #dbefea
  2. #efdbe0

Split complementary

  1. #dbefea
  2. #efdbea
  3. #efe0db

Analogous

  1. #dbefe0
  2. #dbefea
  3. #dbeaef

Triadic

  1. #dbefea
  2. #eadbef
  3. #efeadb

Tetradic

  1. #dbefea
  2. #dbe0ef
  3. #efdbe0
  4. #efeadb

Square

  1. #dbefea
  2. #e0dbef
  3. #efdbe0
  4. #eaefdb

Monochromatic

  1. #71c0ac
  2. #a6d7cb
  3. #dbefea
  4. #f1f9f7
  5. #f1f9f7

Shades

#dbefea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbefea
  2. #c5d7d3
  3. #afbfbb
  4. #99a7a4
  5. #838f8c
  6. #6e7875
  7. #58605e
  8. #424846
  9. #2c302f
  10. #161817
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbefea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbefea
  2. #dff1ec
  3. #e2f2ee
  4. #e6f4f0
  5. #e9f5f2
  6. #edf7f5
  7. #f1f9f7
  8. #f4faf9
  9. #f8fcfb
  10. #fbfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbefea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbefea
  2. #d2e4df
  3. #c9d9d5
  4. #c0ceca
  5. #b7c3c0
  6. #aeb8b5
  7. #a4acaa
  8. #9ba1a0
  9. #929695
  10. #898b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5ecea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edecea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9e9ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7f0ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6edea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4ecea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8efec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbefea {
  color: #dbefea;
}
Background
.bg-dbefea {
  background-color: #dbefea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbefea {
  border: 2px solid #dbefea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbefea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 38% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbefea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbefea, #dbeaef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbefea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.69 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 4.85 #f5fffa Mint Cream ΔE 5.27 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 5.50 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.73 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.08 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 9.15 #241015 Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#dbefea  rgb(219, 239, 234)  hsl(165, 38%, 90%)  Light Cyan
#efdbe0  rgb(239, 219, 224)  hsl(345, 38%, 90%)  Pale Pink
#eadbef  rgb(234, 219, 239)  hsl(285, 38%, 90%)  Languid Lavender
#efeadb  rgb(239, 234, 219)  hsl(45, 38%, 90%)  Eggshell