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#C3E2FD

#c3e2fd ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c3e2fd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.92% cyan, 10.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 207.93°, with 93.55% saturation and 87.84% 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 15.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.29.

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Relative luminance0.7309

Complementary

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #fddec3

Split complementary

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #fdc3c5
  3. #fdfbc3

Analogous

  1. #c3fdfb
  2. #c3e2fd
  3. #c3c5fd

Triadic

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #fdc3e2
  3. #e2fdc3

Tetradic

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #dec3fd
  3. #fddec3
  4. #e2fdc3

Square

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #fbc3fd
  3. #fddec3
  4. #c5fdc3

Monochromatic

  1. #2f9af8
  2. #79befb
  3. #c3e2fd
  4. #ebf5fe
  5. #ebf5fe

Shades

#c3e2fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #b0cbe4
  3. #9cb5ca
  4. #899eb1
  5. #758898
  6. #62717f
  7. #4e5a65
  8. #3b444c
  9. #272d33
  10. #141719
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3e2fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #c9e5fd
  3. #cfe8fd
  4. #d5ebfe
  5. #dbeefe
  6. #e1f1fe
  7. #e7f3fe
  8. #edf6fe
  9. #f3f9ff
  10. #f9fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3e2fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3e2fd
  2. #bcd8f1
  3. #b6cee4
  4. #afc5d8
  5. #a8bbcb
  6. #a2b1bf
  7. #9ba7b2
  8. #949da6
  9. #8d9499
  10. #878a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e0eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7e2fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0dbfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3e8eb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0e2fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbdefd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bae6f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3e2fd {
  color: #c3e2fd;
}
Background
.bg-c3e2fd {
  background-color: #c3e2fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3e2fd {
  border: 2px solid #c3e2fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3e2fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 226 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 94% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3e2fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3e2fd, #c3c5fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3e2fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 226 253 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.31 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.56 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.77 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.18 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.31 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.42 #3c1d02 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c3e2fd  rgb(195, 226, 253)  hsl(208, 94%, 88%)  Columbia Blue
#fddec3  rgb(253, 222, 195)  hsl(28, 94%, 88%)  Peach Puff
#fdc3e2  rgb(253, 195, 226)  hsl(328, 94%, 88%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e2fdc3  rgb(226, 253, 195)  hsl(88, 94%, 88%)  Tea Green