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#C8ECFF

#c8ecff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8ecff 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, 92.55% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.57% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.73°, with 100% saturation and 89.22% 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 16.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.7949

Complementary

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #ffdbc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #ffc8d1
  3. #fff7c8

Analogous

  1. #c8fff7
  2. #c8ecff
  3. #c8d1ff

Triadic

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #ffc8ec
  3. #ecffc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #dbc8ff
  3. #ffdbc8
  4. #ecffc8

Square

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #f7c8ff
  3. #ffdbc8
  4. #d1ffc8

Monochromatic

  1. #2fb7ff
  2. #7cd2ff
  3. #c8ecff
  4. #ebf8ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#c8ecff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #b4d4e6
  3. #a0bdcc
  4. #8ca5b3
  5. #788e99
  6. #647680
  7. #505e66
  8. #3c474d
  9. #282f33
  10. #14181a
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ecff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #ceeeff
  3. #d3f0ff
  4. #d9f2ff
  5. #def4ff
  6. #e4f6ff
  7. #e9f7ff
  8. #eff9ff
  9. #f4fbff
  10. #fafdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ecff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ecff
  2. #c1e1f2
  3. #bad6e6
  4. #b2ccd9
  5. #abc1cc
  6. #a4b6c0
  7. #9dabb3
  8. #96a0a6
  9. #8e9699
  10. #878b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbe9f1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3eaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbe4ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8f1f2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9ebff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3e7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfeff7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ecff {
  color: #c8ecff;
}
Background
.bg-c8ecff {
  background-color: #c8ecff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ecff {
  border: 2px solid #c8ecff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ecff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 236 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ecff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ecff, #c8d1ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ecff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 236 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.24 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.00 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.91 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.90 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.68 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 9.32 #371300 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c8ecff  rgb(200, 236, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 89%)  Columbia Blue
#ffdbc8  rgb(255, 219, 200)  hsl(21, 100%, 89%)  Unbleached Silk
#ffc8ec  rgb(255, 200, 236)  hsl(321, 100%, 89%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ecffc8  rgb(236, 255, 200)  hsl(81, 100%, 89%)  Tea Green