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#CBD4E5

#cbd4e5 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbd4e5 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 83.14% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.35% cyan, 7.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 219.23°, with 33.33% saturation and 84.71% 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 14.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.6544

Complementary

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #e5dccb

Split complementary

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #e5cfcb
  3. #e1e5cb

Analogous

  1. #cbe1e5
  2. #cbd4e5
  3. #cfcbe5

Triadic

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #e5cbd4
  3. #d4e5cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #dccbe5
  3. #e5dccb
  4. #d4e5cb

Square

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #e5cbe1
  3. #e5dccb
  4. #cbe5cf

Monochromatic

  1. #6580b2
  2. #98aacc
  3. #cbd4e5
  4. #f1f4f8
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#cbd4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #b7bfce
  3. #a2aab7
  4. #8e94a0
  5. #7a7f89
  6. #666a73
  7. #51555c
  8. #3d4045
  9. #292a2e
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbd4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #d0d8e8
  3. #d5ddea
  4. #dbe1ed
  5. #e0e5ef
  6. #e5eaf2
  7. #eaeef5
  8. #eff2f7
  9. #f5f6fa
  10. #fafbfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbd4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbd4e5
  2. #c4ccdb
  3. #bcc3d1
  4. #b5bbc7
  5. #adb2bd
  6. #a6aab3
  7. #9ea2a8
  8. #97999e
  9. #8f9194
  10. #88888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0d4db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd5e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd2e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5d7d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdd4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccd3e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8d6de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbd4e5 {
  color: #cbd4e5;
}
Background
.bg-cbd4e5 {
  background-color: #cbd4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbd4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #cbd4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbd4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 212 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 33% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbd4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbd4e5, #cfcbe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbd4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 212 229 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.03 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.50 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.76 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.76 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.01 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.08 #342b1a Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cbd4e5  rgb(203, 212, 229)  hsl(219, 33%, 85%)  Pale Aqua
#e5dccb  rgb(229, 220, 203)  hsl(39, 33%, 85%)  Bone
#e5cbd4  rgb(229, 203, 212)  hsl(339, 33%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#d4e5cb  rgb(212, 229, 203)  hsl(99, 33%, 85%)  Tea Green