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#C4E0EB

#c4e0eb ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4e0eb is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 87.84% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.6% cyan, 4.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 196.92°, with 49.37% saturation and 84.51% 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 15.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.15.

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Relative luminance0.7105

Complementary

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #ebcfc4

Split complementary

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #ebc4cd
  3. #ebe2c4

Analogous

  1. #c4ebe2
  2. #c4e0eb
  3. #c4cdeb

Triadic

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #ebc4e0
  3. #e0ebc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #cfc4eb
  3. #ebcfc4
  4. #e0ebc4

Square

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #e2c4eb
  3. #ebcfc4
  4. #cdebc4

Monochromatic

  1. #52a4c4
  2. #8bc2d8
  3. #c4e0eb
  4. #f0f7fa
  5. #f0f7fa

Shades

#c4e0eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #b0cad4
  3. #9db3bc
  4. #899da5
  5. #76868d
  6. #627076
  7. #4e5a5e
  8. #3b4347
  9. #272d2f
  10. #141618
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4e0eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #cae3ed
  3. #d0e6ef
  4. #d6e9f1
  5. #dcecf3
  6. #e2f0f5
  7. #e7f3f7
  8. #edf6f9
  9. #f3f9fb
  10. #f9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4e0eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4e0eb
  2. #bdd6e0
  3. #b6cdd6
  4. #b0c3cb
  5. #a9bac0
  6. #a2b0b6
  7. #9ba6ab
  8. #949da0
  9. #8e9395
  10. #878a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2dde2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadeec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4d9eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9e4e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1dfeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cddceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bee2e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4e0eb {
  color: #c4e0eb;
}
Background
.bg-c4e0eb {
  background-color: #c4e0eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4e0eb {
  border: 2px solid #c4e0eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4e0eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 224 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 49% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4e0eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4e0eb, #c4cdeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4e0eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 224 235 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.15 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.45 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.56 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.21 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.46 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.68 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.28 #3b1f14 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c4e0eb  rgb(196, 224, 235)  hsl(197, 49%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#ebcfc4  rgb(235, 207, 196)  hsl(17, 49%, 85%)  Unbleached Silk
#ebc4e0  rgb(235, 196, 224)  hsl(317, 49%, 85%)  Thistle
#e0ebc4  rgb(224, 235, 196)  hsl(77, 49%, 85%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow