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#CDE4FF

#cde4ff ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cde4ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 89.41% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.61% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 212.4°, with 100% saturation and 90.2% 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 16.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7569

Complementary

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #ffe8cd

Split complementary

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #ffcfcd
  3. #fdffcd

Analogous

  1. #cdfdff
  2. #cde4ff
  3. #cfcdff

Triadic

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #ffcde4
  3. #e4ffcd

Tetradic

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #e8cdff
  3. #ffe8cd
  4. #e4ffcd

Square

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #ffcdfd
  3. #ffe8cd
  4. #cdffcf

Monochromatic

  1. #3491ff
  2. #81bbff
  3. #cde4ff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#cde4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #b9cde6
  3. #a4b6cc
  4. #90a0b3
  5. #7b8999
  6. #677280
  7. #525b66
  8. #3e444d
  9. #292e33
  10. #15171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cde4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #d2e7ff
  3. #d7e9ff
  4. #dcecff
  5. #e1efff
  6. #e6f2ff
  7. #ebf4ff
  8. #f0f7ff
  9. #f5faff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cde4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cde4ff
  2. #c5daf2
  3. #bed0e6
  4. #b6c6d9
  5. #aebccc
  6. #a7b2c0
  7. #9fa8b3
  8. #979ea6
  9. #8f9499
  10. #888a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dae3ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dae4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5dffe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0eaed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2e1ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5e8f4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cde4ff {
  color: #cde4ff;
}
Background
.bg-cde4ff {
  background-color: #cde4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cde4ff {
  border: 2px solid #cde4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cde4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 228 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 100% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cde4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cde4ff, #cfcdff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cde4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 228 255 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.35 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.28 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.53 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 9.04 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.15 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.98 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.66 #321b00 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cde4ff  rgb(205, 228, 255)  hsl(212, 100%, 90%)  Pale Aqua
#ffe8cd  rgb(255, 232, 205)  hsl(32, 100%, 90%)  Bisque
#ffcde4  rgb(255, 205, 228)  hsl(332, 100%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#e4ffcd  rgb(228, 255, 205)  hsl(92, 100%, 90%)  Tea Green