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#CBE9EA

#cbe9ea ≈ Light Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbe9ea is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 91.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.25% cyan, 0.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 181.94°, with 42.47% saturation and 85.69% 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 16.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 4.6.

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Relative luminance0.7691

Complementary

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #eacccb

Split complementary

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #eacbda
  3. #eadccb

Analogous

  1. #cbeadc
  2. #cbe9ea
  3. #cbdaea

Triadic

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #eacbe9
  3. #e9eacb

Tetradic

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #cccbea
  3. #eacccb
  4. #e9eacb

Square

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #dccbea
  3. #eacccb
  4. #daeacb

Monochromatic

  1. #5ebbbe
  2. #95d2d4
  3. #cbe9ea
  4. #f0f9f9
  5. #f0f9f9

Shades

#cbe9ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #b7d2d3
  3. #a2babb
  4. #8ea3a4
  5. #7a8c8c
  6. #667575
  7. #515d5e
  8. #3d4646
  9. #292f2f
  10. #141717
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbe9ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #d0ebec
  3. #d5edee
  4. #dbf0f0
  5. #e0f2f2
  6. #e5f4f5
  7. #eaf6f7
  8. #eff8f9
  9. #f5fbfb
  10. #fafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbe9ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbe9ea
  2. #c4dfdf
  3. #bcd4d5
  4. #b5caca
  5. #adbfc0
  6. #a6b5b5
  7. #9eaaaa
  8. #97a0a0
  9. #8f9595
  10. #888b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dae6e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e6ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dee1ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2ebe9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbe7ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7e4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6eaea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbe9ea {
  color: #cbe9ea;
}
Background
.bg-cbe9ea {
  background-color: #cbe9ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbe9ea {
  border: 2px solid #cbe9ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbe9ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 233 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 42% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbe9ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbe9ea, #cbdaea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbe9ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 233 234 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 4.60 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.14 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.91 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.12 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.40 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.97 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.08 #341615 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#cbe9ea  rgb(203, 233, 234)  hsl(182, 42%, 86%)  Light Cyan
#eacccb  rgb(234, 204, 203)  hsl(2, 42%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#eacbe9  rgb(234, 203, 233)  hsl(302, 42%, 86%)  Thistle
#e9eacb  rgb(233, 234, 203)  hsl(62, 42%, 86%)  Beige