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#CBD7E6

#cbd7e6 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbd7e6 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, 84.31% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.74% cyan, 6.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 213.33°, with 35.06% saturation and 84.9% 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 14.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.2.

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Relative luminance0.6701

Complementary

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #e6dacb

Split complementary

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #e6cccb
  3. #e4e6cb

Analogous

  1. #cbe4e6
  2. #cbd7e6
  3. #cccbe6

Triadic

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #e6cbd7
  3. #d7e6cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #dacbe6
  3. #e6dacb
  4. #d7e6cb

Square

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #e6cbe4
  3. #e6dacb
  4. #cbe6cc

Monochromatic

  1. #6488b4
  2. #97afcd
  3. #cbd7e6
  4. #f1f4f8
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#cbd7e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #b7c2cf
  3. #a2acb8
  4. #8e97a1
  5. #7a818a
  6. #666c73
  7. #51565c
  8. #3d4145
  9. #292b2e
  10. #141617
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbd7e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #d0dbe9
  3. #d5dfeb
  4. #dbe3ee
  5. #e0e7f0
  6. #e5ebf3
  7. #eaeff5
  8. #eff3f8
  9. #f5f7fa
  10. #fafbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbd7e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbd7e6
  2. #c4cedc
  3. #bcc6d2
  4. #b5bdc7
  5. #adb4bd
  6. #a6acb3
  7. #9ea3a9
  8. #979a9f
  9. #8f9194
  10. #88898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1d6dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d7e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd4e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5dadc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfd7e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdd5e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7d9e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbd7e6 {
  color: #cbd7e6;
}
Background
.bg-cbd7e6 {
  background-color: #cbd7e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbd7e6 {
  border: 2px solid #cbd7e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbd7e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 215 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 35% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbd7e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbd7e6, #cccbe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbd7e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 215 230 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.35 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.42 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.44 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.44 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.56 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.66 #342819 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cbd7e6  rgb(203, 215, 230)  hsl(213, 35%, 85%)  Pale Aqua
#e6dacb  rgb(230, 218, 203)  hsl(33, 35%, 85%)  Bone
#e6cbd7  rgb(230, 203, 215)  hsl(333, 35%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#d7e6cb  rgb(215, 230, 203)  hsl(93, 35%, 85%)  Honeydew