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#CBE2EC

#cbe2ec ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbe2ec 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, 88.63% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.98% cyan, 4.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 198.18°, with 46.48% saturation and 86.08% 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 15.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.05.

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Relative luminance0.7315

Complementary

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #ecd5cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #eccbd2
  3. #ece6cb

Analogous

  1. #cbece6
  2. #cbe2ec
  3. #cbd2ec

Triadic

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #eccbe2
  3. #e2eccb

Tetradic

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #d5cbec
  3. #ecd5cb
  4. #e2eccb

Square

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #e6cbec
  3. #ecd5cb
  4. #d2eccb

Monochromatic

  1. #5ba4c3
  2. #93c3d8
  3. #cbe2ec
  4. #f0f7fa
  5. #f0f7fa

Shades

#cbe2ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #b7cbd4
  3. #a2b5bd
  4. #8e9ea5
  5. #7a888e
  6. #667176
  7. #515a5e
  8. #3d4447
  9. #292d2f
  10. #141718
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbe2ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #d0e5ee
  3. #d5e8f0
  4. #dbebf2
  5. #e0eef4
  6. #e5f1f6
  7. #eaf3f7
  8. #eff6f9
  9. #f5f9fb
  10. #fafcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbe2ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbe2ec
  2. #c4d8e1
  3. #bcced6
  4. #b5c5cc
  5. #adbbc1
  6. #a6b1b6
  7. #9ea7ab
  8. #979da0
  9. #8f9496
  10. #888a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7e0e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7dcec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2e5e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6e1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3dfec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6e4e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbe2ec {
  color: #cbe2ec;
}
Background
.bg-cbe2ec {
  background-color: #cbe2ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbe2ec {
  border: 2px solid #cbe2ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbe2ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 226 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 46% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbe2ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbe2ec, #cbd2ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbe2ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 226 236 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.05 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.63 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.04 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.79 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 7.53 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.80 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.86 #341d13 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#cbe2ec  rgb(203, 226, 236)  hsl(198, 46%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#ecd5cb  rgb(236, 213, 203)  hsl(18, 46%, 86%)  Unbleached Silk
#eccbe2  rgb(236, 203, 226)  hsl(318, 46%, 86%)  Thistle
#e2eccb  rgb(226, 236, 203)  hsl(78, 46%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow