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#c5d6e7 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5d6e7 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 83.92% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.72% cyan, 7.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 41.46% saturation and 83.92% 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 14.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.6573

Complementary

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #e7d6c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #e7c5c5
  3. #e7e7c5

Analogous

  1. #c5e7e7
  2. #c5d6e7
  3. #c5c5e7

Triadic

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #e7c5d6
  3. #d6e7c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #d6c5e7
  3. #e7d6c5
  4. #d6e7c5

Square

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #e7c5e7
  3. #e7d6c5
  4. #c5e7c5

Monochromatic

  1. #5989ba
  2. #8fb0d1
  3. #c5d6e7
  4. #f1f5f9
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#c5d6e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #b1c1d0
  3. #9eabb9
  4. #8a96a2
  5. #76808b
  6. #636b74
  7. #4f565c
  8. #3b4045
  9. #272b2e
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5d6e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #cbdae9
  3. #d1deec
  4. #d6e2ee
  5. #dce6f1
  6. #e2ebf3
  7. #e8eff5
  8. #eef3f8
  9. #f3f7fa
  10. #f9fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5d6e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5d6e7
  2. #becddd
  3. #b7c5d2
  4. #b0bcc8
  5. #a9b4be
  6. #a3abb4
  7. #9ca2a9
  8. #959a9f
  9. #8e9195
  10. #87898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ced5dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d6e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd2e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bddadb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccd6e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9d4e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0d8e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5d6e7 {
  color: #c5d6e7;
}
Background
.bg-c5d6e7 {
  background-color: #c5d6e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5d6e7 {
  border: 2px solid #c5d6e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5d6e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 214 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 41% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5d6e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5d6e7, #c5c5e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5d6e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 214 231 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.44 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.51 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.79 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.48 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.72 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.72 #3a2918 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#c5d6e7  rgb(197, 214, 231)  hsl(210, 41%, 84%)  Pale Aqua
#e7d6c5  rgb(231, 214, 197)  hsl(30, 41%, 84%)  Bone
#e7c5d6  rgb(231, 197, 214)  hsl(330, 41%, 84%)  Thistle
#d6e7c5  rgb(214, 231, 197)  hsl(90, 41%, 84%)  Tea Green