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#CAE3FF

#cae3ff ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cae3ff 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, 89.02% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.78% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 211.7°, with 100% saturation and 89.61% 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 15.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.15.

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Relative luminance0.7471

Complementary

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #ffe6ca

Split complementary

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #ffccca
  3. #fdffca

Analogous

  1. #cafdff
  2. #cae3ff
  3. #cccaff

Triadic

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #ffcae3
  3. #e3ffca

Tetradic

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #e6caff
  3. #ffe6ca
  4. #e3ffca

Square

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #ffcafd
  3. #ffe6ca
  4. #caffcc

Monochromatic

  1. #3192ff
  2. #7ebbff
  3. #cae3ff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#cae3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #b6cce6
  3. #a2b6cc
  4. #8d9fb3
  5. #798899
  6. #657280
  7. #515b66
  8. #3d444d
  9. #282d33
  10. #14171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cae3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #cfe6ff
  3. #d5e9ff
  4. #daebff
  5. #dfeeff
  6. #e5f1ff
  7. #eaf4ff
  8. #eff7ff
  9. #f4f9ff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cae3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cae3ff
  2. #c3d9f2
  3. #bbcfe6
  4. #b4c5d9
  5. #acbbcc
  6. #a5b2c0
  7. #9ea8b3
  8. #969ea6
  9. #8f9499
  10. #878a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8e1ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9e3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3defe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bce9ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3e3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfe0ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2e7f4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cae3ff {
  color: #cae3ff;
}
Background
.bg-cae3ff {
  background-color: #cae3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cae3ff {
  border: 2px solid #cae3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cae3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 227 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 100% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cae3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cae3ff, #cccaff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cae3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 227 255 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.15 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.34 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 9.53 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.63 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.81 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.49 #351c00 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cae3ff  rgb(202, 227, 255)  hsl(212, 100%, 90%)  Pale Aqua
#ffe6ca  rgb(255, 230, 202)  hsl(32, 100%, 90%)  Bisque
#ffcae3  rgb(255, 202, 227)  hsl(332, 100%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#e3ffca  rgb(227, 255, 202)  hsl(92, 100%, 90%)  Tea Green