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#CAE8FF

#cae8ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cae8ff 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, 90.98% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.78% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.04°, 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 16.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.7749

Complementary

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #ffe1ca

Split complementary

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #ffcace
  3. #fffcca

Analogous

  1. #cafffc
  2. #cae8ff
  3. #caceff

Triadic

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #ffcae8
  3. #e8ffca

Tetradic

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #e1caff
  3. #ffe1ca
  4. #e8ffca

Square

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #fccaff
  3. #ffe1ca
  4. #ceffca

Monochromatic

  1. #31a6ff
  2. #7ec7ff
  3. #cae8ff
  4. #ebf6ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#cae8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #b6d1e6
  3. #a2bacc
  4. #8da2b3
  5. #798b99
  6. #657480
  7. #515d66
  8. #3d464d
  9. #282e33
  10. #14171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cae8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #cfeaff
  3. #d5edff
  4. #daefff
  5. #dff1ff
  6. #e5f4ff
  7. #eaf6ff
  8. #eff8ff
  9. #f4faff
  10. #fafdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cae8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cae8ff
  2. #c3def2
  3. #bbd3e6
  4. #b4c9d9
  5. #acbecc
  6. #a5b4c0
  7. #9eaab3
  8. #969fa6
  9. #8f9599
  10. #878a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dae6ef ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8e1ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bceeef ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7e8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2e4ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2ebf6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cae8ff {
  color: #cae8ff;
}
Background
.bg-cae8ff {
  background-color: #cae8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cae8ff {
  border: 2px solid #cae8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cae8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 232 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 100% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cae8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cae8ff, #caceff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cae8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 232 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.77 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.46 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.79 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.00 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.56 #351700 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#cae8ff  rgb(202, 232, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 90%)  Columbia Blue
#ffe1ca  rgb(255, 225, 202)  hsl(26, 100%, 90%)  Unbleached Silk
#ffcae8  rgb(255, 202, 232)  hsl(326, 100%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#e8ffca  rgb(232, 255, 202)  hsl(86, 100%, 90%)  Tea Green