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#B5CEE0

#b5cee0 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5cee0 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 80.78% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 8.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 205.12°, with 40.95% saturation and 79.41% 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 12.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5935

Complementary

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #e0c7b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #e0b5b8
  3. #e0dcb5

Analogous

  1. #b5e0dc
  2. #b5cee0
  3. #b5b8e0

Triadic

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #e0b5ce
  3. #cee0b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #c7b5e0
  3. #e0c7b5
  4. #cee0b5

Square

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #dcb5e0
  3. #e0c7b5
  4. #b8e0b5

Monochromatic

  1. #4a86b2
  2. #7faac9
  3. #b5cee0
  4. #ebf2f7
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#b5cee0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #a3b9ca
  3. #91a5b3
  4. #7f909d
  5. #6d7c86
  6. #5b6770
  7. #48525a
  8. #363e43
  9. #24292d
  10. #121516
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5cee0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #bcd3e3
  3. #c4d8e6
  4. #cbdde9
  5. #d3e2ec
  6. #dae7f0
  7. #e1ebf3
  8. #e9f0f6
  9. #f0f5f9
  10. #f8fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5cee0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5cee0
  2. #b0c6d6
  3. #aabecd
  4. #a5b7c3
  5. #a0afba
  6. #9ba7b0
  7. #959fa6
  8. #90979d
  9. #8b9093
  10. #85888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2ccd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6cde1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c8e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aad3d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0cee1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bccbe0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aed1d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5cee0 {
  color: #b5cee0;
}
Background
.bg-b5cee0 {
  background-color: #b5cee0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5cee0 {
  border: 2px solid #b5cee0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5cee0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 206 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 41% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5cee0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5cee0, #b5b8e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5cee0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 206 224 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 1.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.91 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.22 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.70 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.71 #4a311f Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#b5cee0  rgb(181, 206, 224)  hsl(205, 41%, 79%)  Pale Aqua
#e0c7b5  rgb(224, 199, 181)  hsl(25, 41%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#e0b5ce  rgb(224, 181, 206)  hsl(325, 41%, 79%)  Thistle
#cee0b5  rgb(206, 224, 181)  hsl(85, 41%, 79%)  Tea Green