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#C5E4E6

#c5e4e6 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5e4e6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.35% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 183.64°, with 39.76% saturation and 83.73% 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 15.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.7307

Complementary

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #e6c7c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #e6c5d4
  3. #e6d8c5

Analogous

  1. #c5e6d8
  2. #c5e4e6
  3. #c5d4e6

Triadic

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #e6c5e4
  3. #e4e6c5

Tetradic

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #c7c5e6
  3. #e6c7c5
  4. #e4e6c5

Square

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #d8c5e6
  3. #e6c7c5
  4. #d4e6c5

Monochromatic

  1. #5ab2b8
  2. #90cbcf
  3. #c5e4e6
  4. #f1f8f9
  5. #f1f8f9

Shades

#c5e4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #b1cdcf
  3. #9eb6b8
  4. #8aa0a1
  5. #76898a
  6. #637273
  7. #4f5b5c
  8. #3b4445
  9. #272e2e
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5e4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #cbe7e9
  3. #d1e9eb
  4. #d6ecee
  5. #dceff0
  6. #e2f2f3
  7. #e8f4f5
  8. #eef7f8
  9. #f3fafa
  10. #f9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5e4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5e4e6
  2. #bedadc
  3. #b7d0d2
  4. #b0c6c7
  5. #a9bcbd
  6. #a3b2b3
  7. #9ca8a9
  8. #959e9f
  9. #8e9494
  10. #878a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e0e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe1e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bce6e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1dfe6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfe6e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5e4e6 {
  color: #c5e4e6;
}
Background
.bg-c5e4e6 {
  background-color: #c5e4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5e4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #c5e4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5e4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 228 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 40% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5e4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5e4e6, #c5d4e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5e4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 228 230 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.32 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.78 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.88 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.10 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.31 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.32 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.08 #3a1b19 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c5e4e6  rgb(197, 228, 230)  hsl(184, 40%, 84%)  Powder Blue
#e6c7c5  rgb(230, 199, 197)  hsl(4, 40%, 84%)  Pale Pink
#e6c5e4  rgb(230, 197, 228)  hsl(304, 40%, 84%)  Thistle
#e4e6c5  rgb(228, 230, 197)  hsl(64, 40%, 84%)  Beige