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#C5E4E4

#c5e4e4 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5e4e4 is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 89.41% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 36.47% saturation and 83.33% 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 15.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.7296

Complementary

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #e4c5c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #e4c5d4
  3. #e4d4c5

Analogous

  1. #c5e4d4
  2. #c5e4e4
  3. #c5d4e4

Triadic

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #e4c5e4
  3. #e4e4c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #c5c5e4
  3. #e4c5c5
  4. #e4e4c5

Square

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #d4c5e4
  3. #e4c5c5
  4. #d4e4c5

Monochromatic

  1. #5db3b3
  2. #91cccc
  3. #c5e4e4
  4. #f1f9f9
  5. #f1f9f9

Shades

#c5e4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #b1cdcd
  3. #9eb6b6
  4. #8aa0a0
  5. #768989
  6. #637272
  7. #4f5b5b
  8. #3b4444
  9. #272e2e
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5e4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #cbe7e7
  3. #d1e9e9
  4. #d6ecec
  5. #dcefef
  6. #e2f2f2
  7. #e8f4f4
  8. #eef7f7
  9. #f3fafa
  10. #f9fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5e4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5e4e4
  2. #bedada
  3. #b7d0d0
  4. #b0c6c6
  5. #a9bcbc
  6. #a3b2b2
  7. #9ca8a8
  8. #959e9e
  9. #8e9494
  10. #878a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e0e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0e1e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dce4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bce6e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6e2e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1dfe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0e5e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5e4e4 {
  color: #c5e4e4;
}
Background
.bg-c5e4e4 {
  background-color: #c5e4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5e4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #c5e4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5e4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 228 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 36% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5e4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5e4e4, #c5d4e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5e4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 228 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.52 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.75 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.58 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.04 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.66 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.19 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.27 #3a1b1b Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c5e4e4  rgb(197, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 36%, 83%)  Powder Blue
#e4c5c5  rgb(228, 197, 197)  hsl(0, 36%, 83%)  Pale Pink
#e4c5e4  rgb(228, 197, 228)  hsl(300, 36%, 83%)  Thistle
#e4e4c5  rgb(228, 228, 197)  hsl(60, 36%, 83%)  Beige