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#C4EAE8

#c4eae8 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c4eae8 is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 91.76% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.85% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 176.84°, with 47.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 16.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.7641

Complementary

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #eac4c6

Split complementary

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #eac4d9
  3. #ead5c4

Analogous

  1. #c4ead5
  2. #c4eae8
  3. #c4d9ea

Triadic

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #e8c4ea
  3. #eae8c4

Tetradic

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #c4c6ea
  3. #eac4c6
  4. #eae8c4

Square

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #d5c4ea
  3. #eac4c6
  4. #d9eac4

Monochromatic

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #8cd6d2
  3. #c4eae8
  4. #f0faf9
  5. #f0faf9

Shades

#c4eae8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #b0d3d1
  3. #9dbbba
  4. #89a4a2
  5. #768c8b
  6. #627574
  7. #4e5e5d
  8. #3b4646
  9. #272f2e
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4eae8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #caecea
  3. #d0eeed
  4. #d6f0ef
  5. #dcf2f1
  6. #e2f5f4
  7. #e7f7f6
  8. #edf9f8
  9. #f3fbfa
  10. #f9fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4eae8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4eae8
  2. #bddfde
  3. #b6d5d3
  4. #b0cac9
  5. #a9c0be
  6. #a2b5b4
  7. #9baaaa
  8. #94a09f
  9. #8e9595
  10. #878b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7e6e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e6e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dee0e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9ece9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9e8e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4e4e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #beebe9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4eae8 {
  color: #c4eae8;
}
Background
.bg-c4eae8 {
  background-color: #c4eae8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4eae8 {
  border: 2px solid #c4eae8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4eae8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 234 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 48% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4eae8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4eae8, #c4d9ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4eae8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 234 232 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.40 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.06 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.27 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.77 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.78 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.04 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 9.06 #3b1517 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c4eae8  rgb(196, 234, 232)  hsl(177, 48%, 84%)  Powder Blue
#eac4c6  rgb(234, 196, 198)  hsl(357, 48%, 84%)  Baby Pink
#e8c4ea  rgb(232, 196, 234)  hsl(297, 48%, 84%)  Thistle
#eae8c4  rgb(234, 232, 196)  hsl(57, 48%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow