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#C3E2FC

#c3e2fc ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c3e2fc is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 88.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.62% cyan, 10.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 207.37°, with 90.48% saturation and 87.65% 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 15.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.7302

Complementary

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #fcddc3

Split complementary

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #fcc3c6
  3. #fcfac3

Analogous

  1. #c3fcfa
  2. #c3e2fc
  3. #c3c6fc

Triadic

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #fcc3e2
  3. #e2fcc3

Tetradic

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #ddc3fc
  3. #fcddc3
  4. #e2fcc3

Square

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #fac3fc
  3. #fcddc3
  4. #c6fcc3

Monochromatic

  1. #319cf5
  2. #7abff8
  3. #c3e2fc
  4. #ecf6fe
  5. #ecf6fe

Shades

#c3e2fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #b0cbe3
  3. #9cb5ca
  4. #899eb0
  5. #758897
  6. #62717e
  7. #4e5a65
  8. #3b444c
  9. #272d32
  10. #141719
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3e2fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #c9e5fc
  3. #cfe8fd
  4. #d5ebfd
  5. #dbeefd
  6. #e1f1fe
  7. #e7f3fe
  8. #edf6fe
  9. #f3f9fe
  10. #f9fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3e2fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3e2fc
  2. #bcd8f0
  3. #b6cee3
  4. #afc5d7
  5. #a8bbca
  6. #a2b1be
  7. #9ba7b2
  8. #949da5
  9. #8d9499
  10. #878a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e0eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8e2fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0dbfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3e8ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0e2fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbdefc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bae6f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3e2fc {
  color: #c3e2fc;
}
Background
.bg-c3e2fc {
  background-color: #c3e2fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3e2fc {
  border: 2px solid #c3e2fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3e2fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 226 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 90% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3e2fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3e2fc, #c3c6fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3e2fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 226 252 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.10 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.63 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.91 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.17 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.32 #3c1d03 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c3e2fc  rgb(195, 226, 252)  hsl(207, 90%, 88%)  Columbia Blue
#fcddc3  rgb(252, 221, 195)  hsl(27, 90%, 88%)  Peach Puff
#fcc3e2  rgb(252, 195, 226)  hsl(327, 90%, 88%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e2fcc3  rgb(226, 252, 195)  hsl(87, 90%, 88%)  Tea Green