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#cadeef ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cadeef is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 87.06% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.48% cyan, 7.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 207.57°, with 53.62% saturation and 86.47% 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 15.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 2.78.

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Relative luminance0.7103

Complementary

  1. #cadeef
  2. #efdbca

Split complementary

  1. #cadeef
  2. #efcacb
  3. #efedca

Analogous

  1. #caefed
  2. #cadeef
  3. #cacbef

Triadic

  1. #cadeef
  2. #efcade
  3. #deefca

Tetradic

  1. #cadeef
  2. #dbcaef
  3. #efdbca
  4. #deefca

Square

  1. #cadeef
  2. #edcaef
  3. #efdbca
  4. #cbefca

Monochromatic

  1. #5495cc
  2. #8fb9dd
  3. #cadeef
  4. #eff5fa
  5. #eff5fa

Shades

#cadeef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cadeef
  2. #b6c8d7
  3. #a2b2bf
  4. #8d9ba7
  5. #79858f
  6. #656f78
  7. #515960
  8. #3d4348
  9. #282c30
  10. #141618
  11. #000000

Tints

#cadeef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cadeef
  2. #cfe1f1
  3. #d5e5f2
  4. #dae8f4
  5. #dfebf5
  6. #e5eff7
  7. #eaf2f9
  8. #eff5fa
  9. #f4f8fc
  10. #fafcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cadeef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cadeef
  2. #c3d5e4
  3. #bbcbd9
  4. #b4c2ce
  5. #acb8c3
  6. #a5afb8
  7. #9ea6ac
  8. #969ca1
  9. #8f9396
  10. #87898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5dce3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7def0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3daef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1e2e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2def0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfdbef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4e0e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cadeef {
  color: #cadeef;
}
Background
.bg-cadeef {
  background-color: #cadeef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cadeef {
  border: 2px solid #cadeef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cadeef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 222 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 54% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cadeef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cadeef, #cacbef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cadeef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 222 239 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.78 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.03 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.17 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.49 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.78 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 7.78 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 9.20 #352110 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cadeef  rgb(202, 222, 239)  hsl(208, 54%, 86%)  Pale Aqua
#efdbca  rgb(239, 219, 202)  hsl(28, 54%, 86%)  Antique White
#efcade  rgb(239, 202, 222)  hsl(328, 54%, 86%)  Thistle
#deefca  rgb(222, 239, 202)  hsl(88, 54%, 86%)  Tea Green