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#c8d4dc ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8d4dc is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 83.14% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.09% cyan, 3.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 22.22% saturation and 82.35% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.6453

Complementary

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #dcd0c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #dcc8ca
  3. #dcdac8

Analogous

  1. #c8dcda
  2. #c8d4dc
  3. #c8cadc

Triadic

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #dcc8d4
  3. #d4dcc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #d0c8dc
  3. #dcd0c8
  4. #d4dcc8

Square

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #dac8dc
  3. #dcd0c8
  4. #cadcc8

Monochromatic

  1. #6a8ba0
  2. #99afbe
  3. #c8d4dc
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#c8d4dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #b4bfc6
  3. #a0aab0
  4. #8c949a
  5. #787f84
  6. #646a6e
  7. #505558
  8. #3c4042
  9. #282a2c
  10. #141516
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d4dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #ced8e0
  3. #d3dde3
  4. #d9e1e7
  5. #dee5ea
  6. #e4eaee
  7. #e9eef1
  8. #eff2f5
  9. #f4f6f8
  10. #fafbfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d4dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d4dc
  2. #c1ccd3
  3. #bac3ca
  4. #b2bbc0
  5. #abb2b7
  6. #a4aaae
  7. #9da2a5
  8. #96999c
  9. #8e9192
  10. #878889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ced3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d3dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced1dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3d6d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdd4dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbd2dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5d5d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d4dc {
  color: #c8d4dc;
}
Background
.bg-c8d4dc {
  background-color: #c8d4dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d4dc {
  border: 2px solid #c8d4dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d4dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 212 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 22% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d4dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d4dc, #c8cadc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d4dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 212 220 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.71 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.69 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.87 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 6.13 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.27 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.24 #372b23 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#c8d4dc  rgb(200, 212, 220)  hsl(204, 22%, 82%)  Pale Aqua
#dcd0c8  rgb(220, 208, 200)  hsl(24, 22%, 82%)  Timberwolf
#dcc8d4  rgb(220, 200, 212)  hsl(324, 22%, 82%)  Languid Lavender
#d4dcc8  rgb(212, 220, 200)  hsl(84, 22%, 82%)  Beige