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#C8D5E6

#c8d5e6 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8d5e6 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, 83.53% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.04% cyan, 7.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 214°, with 37.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 14.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 3.95.

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Relative luminance0.6558

Complementary

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #e6d9c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #e6cac8
  3. #e4e6c8

Analogous

  1. #c8e4e6
  2. #c8d5e6
  3. #cac8e6

Triadic

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #e6c8d5
  3. #d5e6c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #d9c8e6
  3. #e6d9c8
  4. #d5e6c8

Square

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #e6c8e4
  3. #e6d9c8
  4. #c8e6ca

Monochromatic

  1. #5f85b6
  2. #93adce
  3. #c8d5e6
  4. #f1f4f9
  5. #f1f4f9

Shades

#c8d5e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #b4c0cf
  3. #a0aab8
  4. #8c95a1
  5. #78808a
  6. #646b73
  7. #50555c
  8. #3c4045
  9. #282b2e
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d5e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #ced9e9
  3. #d3ddeb
  4. #d9e2ee
  5. #dee6f0
  6. #e4eaf3
  7. #e9eef5
  8. #eff2f8
  9. #f4f7fa
  10. #fafbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d5e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d5e6
  2. #c1cddc
  3. #bac4d2
  4. #b2bcc7
  5. #abb3bd
  6. #a4abb3
  7. #9da2a9
  8. #969a9f
  9. #8e9194
  10. #87898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfd4db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd5e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd2e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1d9da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccd5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cad3e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4d7df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d5e6 {
  color: #c8d5e6;
}
Background
.bg-c8d5e6 {
  background-color: #c8d5e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d5e6 {
  border: 2px solid #c8d5e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d5e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 213 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 38% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d5e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d5e6, #cac8e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d5e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 213 230 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.50 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.34 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.79 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.86 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.14 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.14 #372a19 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#c8d5e6  rgb(200, 213, 230)  hsl(214, 38%, 84%)  Pale Aqua
#e6d9c8  rgb(230, 217, 200)  hsl(34, 38%, 84%)  Bone
#e6c8d5  rgb(230, 200, 213)  hsl(334, 38%, 84%)  Thistle
#d5e6c8  rgb(213, 230, 200)  hsl(94, 38%, 84%)  Tea Green