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#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcd4e6 (Pale Aqua) is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 83.14% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.26% cyan, 7.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 45.65% saturation and 81.96% 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 13.7:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.6349

Complementary

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #e6cebc

Split complementary

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #e6bcbf
  3. #e6e3bc

Analogous

  1. #bce6e3
  2. #bcd4e6
  3. #bcbfe6

Triadic

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #e6bcd4
  3. #d4e6bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #cebce6
  3. #e6cebc
  4. #d4e6bc

Square

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #e3bce6
  3. #e6cebc
  4. #bfe6bc

Monochromatic

  1. #4d8cbc
  2. #84b0d1
  3. #bcd4e6
  4. #f0f5f9
  5. #f0f5f9

Shades

#bcd4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #a9bfcf
  3. #96aab8
  4. #8494a1
  5. #717f8a
  6. #5e6a73
  7. #4b555c
  8. #384045
  9. #262a2e
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcd4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #c3d8e9
  3. #c9ddeb
  4. #d0e1ee
  5. #d7e5f0
  6. #deeaf3
  7. #e4eef5
  8. #ebf2f8
  9. #f2f6fa
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcd4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcd4e6
  2. #b6ccdc
  3. #b0c3d2
  4. #aabbc7
  5. #a4b2bd
  6. #9eaab3
  7. #98a2a9
  8. #92999f
  9. #8c9194
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9d2d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd3e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7cfe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1d8da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6d4e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3d1e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5d7df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcd4e6 {
  color: #bcd4e6;
}
Background
.bg-bcd4e6 {
  background-color: #bcd4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcd4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #bcd4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcd4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 212 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 46% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcd4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcd4e6, #bcbfe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcd4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 212 230 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.61 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.53 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.33 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.76 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.32 #432b19 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bcd4e6  rgb(188, 212, 230)  hsl(206, 46%, 82%)  Pale Aqua
#e6cebc  rgb(230, 206, 188)  hsl(26, 46%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#e6bcd4  rgb(230, 188, 212)  hsl(326, 46%, 82%)  Thistle
#d4e6bc  rgb(212, 230, 188)  hsl(86, 46%, 82%)  Tea Green