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#C3E1EA

#c3e1ea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c3e1ea is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 88.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 3.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 193.85°, with 48.15% saturation and 84.12% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.7139

Complementary

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #eaccc3

Split complementary

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #eac3ce
  3. #eae0c3

Analogous

  1. #c3eae0
  2. #c3e1ea
  3. #c3ceea

Triadic

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #eac3e1
  3. #e1eac3

Tetradic

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #ccc3ea
  3. #eaccc3
  4. #e1eac3

Square

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #e0c3ea
  3. #eaccc3
  4. #ceeac3

Monochromatic

  1. #52a8c2
  2. #8ac5d6
  3. #c3e1ea
  4. #f0f7fa
  5. #f0f7fa

Shades

#c3e1ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #b0cbd3
  3. #9cb4bb
  4. #899ea4
  5. #75878c
  6. #627175
  7. #4e5a5e
  8. #3b4446
  9. #272d2f
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3e1ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #c9e4ec
  3. #cfe7ee
  4. #d5eaf0
  5. #dbedf2
  6. #e1f0f5
  7. #e7f3f7
  8. #edf6f9
  9. #f3f9fb
  10. #f9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3e1ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3e1ea
  2. #bcd7df
  3. #b6ced5
  4. #afc4ca
  5. #a8bac0
  6. #a2b1b5
  7. #9ba7aa
  8. #949da0
  9. #8d9395
  10. #878a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2dee2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbdfeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4daea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8e4e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2e0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceddea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bde3e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3e1ea {
  color: #c3e1ea;
}
Background
.bg-c3e1ea {
  background-color: #c3e1ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3e1ea {
  border: 2px solid #c3e1ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3e1ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 225 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 48% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3e1ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3e1ea, #c3ceea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3e1ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 225 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.07 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.10 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.34 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.69 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.12 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.47 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.49 #3c1e15 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c3e1ea  rgb(195, 225, 234)  hsl(194, 48%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#eaccc3  rgb(234, 204, 195)  hsl(14, 48%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#eac3e1  rgb(234, 195, 225)  hsl(314, 48%, 84%)  Thistle
#e1eac3  rgb(225, 234, 195)  hsl(74, 48%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow