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#CAEFED

#caefed ≈ Light Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caefed is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 93.73% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.84% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 176.76°, with 53.62% saturation and 86.47% 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 17.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.804

Complementary

  1. #caefed
  2. #efcacc

Split complementary

  1. #caefed
  2. #efcade
  3. #efdbca

Analogous

  1. #caefdb
  2. #caefed
  3. #cadeef

Triadic

  1. #caefed
  2. #edcaef
  3. #efedca

Tetradic

  1. #caefed
  2. #caccef
  3. #efcacc
  4. #efedca

Square

  1. #caefed
  2. #dbcaef
  3. #efcacc
  4. #deefca

Monochromatic

  1. #54ccc5
  2. #8fddd9
  3. #caefed
  4. #effafa
  5. #effafa

Shades

#caefed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caefed
  2. #b6d7d5
  3. #a2bfbe
  4. #8da7a6
  5. #798f8e
  6. #657877
  7. #51605f
  8. #3d4847
  9. #28302f
  10. #141818
  11. #000000

Tints

#caefed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caefed
  2. #cff1ef
  3. #d5f2f1
  4. #daf4f2
  5. #dff5f4
  6. #e5f7f6
  7. #eaf9f8
  8. #effafa
  9. #f4fcfb
  10. #fafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caefed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caefed
  2. #c3e4e2
  3. #bbd9d7
  4. #b4cecc
  5. #acc3c1
  6. #a5b8b7
  7. #9eacac
  8. #96a1a1
  9. #8f9696
  10. #878b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcebea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaebed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3e5ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bff1ee ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deeded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9e9ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4f0ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caefed {
  color: #caefed;
}
Background
.bg-caefed {
  background-color: #caefed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caefed {
  border: 2px solid #caefed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caefed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 239 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 54% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caefed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caefed, #cadeef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caefed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 239 237 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.15 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.21 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.45 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.66 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.20 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.39 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.63 #351012 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#caefed  rgb(202, 239, 237)  hsl(177, 54%, 86%)  Light Cyan
#efcacc  rgb(239, 202, 204)  hsl(357, 54%, 86%)  Baby Pink
#edcaef  rgb(237, 202, 239)  hsl(297, 54%, 86%)  Thistle
#efedca  rgb(239, 237, 202)  hsl(57, 54%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow