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#cae5fd ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cae5fd 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, 89.8% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.16% cyan, 9.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 92.73% 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 16.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.37.

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Relative luminance0.7569

Complementary

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #fde2ca

Split complementary

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #fdcacc
  3. #fdfcca

Analogous

  1. #cafdfc
  2. #cae5fd
  3. #caccfd

Triadic

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #fdcae5
  3. #e5fdca

Tetradic

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #e2cafd
  3. #fde2ca
  4. #e5fdca

Square

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #fccafd
  3. #fde2ca
  4. #ccfdca

Monochromatic

  1. #379df7
  2. #80c1fa
  3. #cae5fd
  4. #ebf5fe
  5. #ebf5fe

Shades

#cae5fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #b6cee4
  3. #a2b7ca
  4. #8da0b1
  5. #798998
  6. #65737f
  7. #515c65
  8. #3d454c
  9. #282e33
  10. #141719
  11. #000000

Tints

#cae5fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #cfe8fd
  3. #d5eafd
  4. #daedfe
  5. #dfeffe
  6. #e5f2fe
  7. #eaf5fe
  8. #eff7fe
  9. #f4faff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cae5fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cae5fd
  2. #c3dbf1
  3. #bbd1e4
  4. #b4c7d8
  5. #acbdcb
  6. #a5b3bf
  7. #9ea8b2
  8. #969ea6
  9. #8f9499
  10. #878a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9e3ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5dffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcebed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e5fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1e2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2e8f3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cae5fd {
  color: #cae5fd;
}
Background
.bg-cae5fd {
  background-color: #cae5fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cae5fd {
  border: 2px solid #cae5fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cae5fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 229 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 93% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cae5fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cae5fd, #caccfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cae5fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 229 253 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.37 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.04 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.14 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.52 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.71 #351a02 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cae5fd  rgb(202, 229, 253)  hsl(208, 93%, 89%)  Pale Aqua
#fde2ca  rgb(253, 226, 202)  hsl(28, 93%, 89%)  Bisque
#fdcae5  rgb(253, 202, 229)  hsl(328, 93%, 89%)  Bubble Gum
#e5fdca  rgb(229, 253, 202)  hsl(88, 93%, 89%)  Tea Green