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#BED3E8

#bed3e8 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bed3e8 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 82.75% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.1% cyan, 9.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 47.73% saturation and 82.75% 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 13.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 1.99.

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Relative luminance0.6336

Complementary

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #e8d3be

Split complementary

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #e8bebe
  3. #e8e8be

Analogous

  1. #bee8e8
  2. #bed3e8
  3. #bebee8

Triadic

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #e8bed3
  3. #d3e8be

Tetradic

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #d3bee8
  3. #e8d3be
  4. #d3e8be

Square

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #e8bee8
  3. #e8d3be
  4. #bee8be

Monochromatic

  1. #4d87c0
  2. #86add4
  3. #bed3e8
  4. #f0f5fa
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#bed3e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #abbed1
  3. #98a9ba
  4. #8594a2
  5. #727f8b
  6. #5f6a74
  7. #4c545d
  8. #393f46
  9. #262a2e
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bed3e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #c5d7ea
  3. #cbdced
  4. #d2e0ef
  5. #d8e5f1
  6. #dfe9f4
  7. #e5edf6
  8. #ecf2f8
  9. #f2f6fa
  10. #f9fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bed3e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bed3e8
  2. #b8cbde
  3. #b2c2d3
  4. #abbac9
  5. #a5b2be
  6. #9faab4
  7. #99a1aa
  8. #93999f
  9. #8c9195
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9d1da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbd3e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6cee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3d8da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6d3e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3d0e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8d6df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bed3e8 {
  color: #bed3e8;
}
Background
.bg-bed3e8 {
  background-color: #bed3e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bed3e8 {
  border: 2px solid #bed3e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bed3e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 211 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 48% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bed3e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bed3e8, #bebee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bed3e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 211 232 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 1.99 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.22 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.36 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.78 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.13 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.27 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.27 #412c17 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bed3e8  rgb(190, 211, 232)  hsl(210, 48%, 83%)  Pale Aqua
#e8d3be  rgb(232, 211, 190)  hsl(30, 48%, 83%)  Bone
#e8bed3  rgb(232, 190, 211)  hsl(330, 48%, 83%)  Thistle
#d3e8be  rgb(211, 232, 190)  hsl(90, 48%, 83%)  Tea Green