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#C9E4E6

#c9e4e6 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9e4e6 is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 89.41% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.61% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 184.14°, with 36.71% saturation and 84.51% 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 15.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.7362

Complementary

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #e6cbc9

Split complementary

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #e6c9d5
  3. #e6dac9

Analogous

  1. #c9e6da
  2. #c9e4e6
  3. #c9d5e6

Triadic

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #e6c9e4
  3. #e4e6c9

Tetradic

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #cbc9e6
  3. #e6cbc9
  4. #e4e6c9

Square

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #dac9e6
  3. #e6cbc9
  4. #d5e6c9

Monochromatic

  1. #60b0b6
  2. #95cace
  3. #c9e4e6
  4. #f1f8f9
  5. #f1f8f9

Shades

#c9e4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #b5cdcf
  3. #a1b6b8
  4. #8da0a1
  5. #79898a
  6. #657273
  7. #505b5c
  8. #3c4445
  9. #282e2e
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9e4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #cee7e9
  3. #d4e9eb
  4. #d9ecee
  5. #dfeff0
  6. #e4f2f3
  7. #e9f4f5
  8. #eff7f8
  9. #f4fafa
  10. #fafcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9e4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9e4e6
  2. #c2dadc
  3. #bad0d2
  4. #b3c6c7
  5. #acbcbd
  6. #a5b2b3
  7. #9da8a9
  8. #969e9f
  9. #8f9494
  10. #878a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6e1e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0e1e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dadde6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1e6e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7e2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3e0e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4e5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9e4e6 {
  color: #c9e4e6;
}
Background
.bg-c9e4e6 {
  background-color: #c9e4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9e4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #c9e4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9e4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 228 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 37% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9e4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9e4e6, #c9d5e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9e4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 228 230 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.41 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.75 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.32 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.10 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.34 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.85 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.86 #361b19 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#c9e4e6  rgb(201, 228, 230)  hsl(184, 37%, 85%)  Powder Blue
#e6cbc9  rgb(230, 203, 201)  hsl(4, 37%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#e6c9e4  rgb(230, 201, 228)  hsl(304, 37%, 85%)  Thistle
#e4e6c9  rgb(228, 230, 201)  hsl(64, 37%, 85%)  Beige