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#CBD4E6

#cbd4e6 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbd4e6 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 83.14% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.74% cyan, 7.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 35.06% saturation and 84.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.87.

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Relative luminance0.655

Complementary

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #e6ddcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #e6cfcb
  3. #e1e6cb

Analogous

  1. #cbe1e6
  2. #cbd4e6
  3. #cfcbe6

Triadic

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #e6cbd4
  3. #d4e6cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #ddcbe6
  3. #e6ddcb
  4. #d4e6cb

Square

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #e6cbe1
  3. #e6ddcb
  4. #cbe6cf

Monochromatic

  1. #647fb4
  2. #97a9cd
  3. #cbd4e6
  4. #f1f4f8
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#cbd4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #b7bfcf
  3. #a2aab8
  4. #8e94a1
  5. #7a7f8a
  6. #666a73
  7. #51555c
  8. #3d4045
  9. #292a2e
  10. #141517
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbd4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #d0d8e9
  3. #d5ddeb
  4. #dbe1ee
  5. #e0e5f0
  6. #e5eaf3
  7. #eaeef5
  8. #eff2f8
  9. #f5f6fa
  10. #fafbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbd4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbd4e6
  2. #c4ccdc
  3. #bcc3d2
  4. #b5bbc7
  5. #adb2bd
  6. #a6aab3
  7. #9ea2a9
  8. #97999f
  9. #8f9194
  10. #88888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0d4db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd5e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd2e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5d7da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdd5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccd3e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7d6df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbd4e6 {
  color: #cbd4e6;
}
Background
.bg-cbd4e6 {
  background-color: #cbd4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbd4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #cbd4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbd4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 212 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 35% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbd4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbd4e6, #cfcbe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbd4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 212 230 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.96 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.33 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.11 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.11 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.29 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.34 #342b19 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cbd4e6  rgb(203, 212, 230)  hsl(220, 35%, 85%)  Pale Aqua
#e6ddcb  rgb(230, 221, 203)  hsl(40, 35%, 85%)  Bone
#e6cbd4  rgb(230, 203, 212)  hsl(340, 35%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#d4e6cb  rgb(212, 230, 203)  hsl(100, 35%, 85%)  Tea Green