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#CDE5FD

#cde5fd ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cde5fd 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, 89.8% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.97% cyan, 9.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 92.31% saturation and 89.8% 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 16.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.65.

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Relative luminance0.7611

Complementary

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #fde5cd

Split complementary

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #fdcdcd
  3. #fdfdcd

Analogous

  1. #cdfdfd
  2. #cde5fd
  3. #cdcdfd

Triadic

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #fdcde5
  3. #e5fdcd

Tetradic

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #e5cdfd
  3. #fde5cd
  4. #e5fdcd

Square

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #fdcdfd
  3. #fde5cd
  4. #cdfdcd

Monochromatic

  1. #3a98f7
  2. #83bffa
  3. #cde5fd
  4. #ebf5fe
  5. #ebf5fe

Shades

#cde5fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #b9cee4
  3. #a4b7ca
  4. #90a0b1
  5. #7b8998
  6. #67737f
  7. #525c65
  8. #3e454c
  9. #292e33
  10. #151719
  11. #000000

Tints

#cde5fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #d2e8fd
  3. #d7eafd
  4. #dcedfe
  5. #e1effe
  6. #e6f2fe
  7. #ebf5fe
  8. #f0f7fe
  9. #f5faff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cde5fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cde5fd
  2. #c5dbf1
  3. #bed1e4
  4. #b6c7d8
  5. #aebdcb
  6. #a7b3bf
  7. #9fa8b2
  8. #979ea6
  9. #8f9499
  10. #888a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dae3ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6e0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1eaed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6e5fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3e2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6e8f3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cde5fd {
  color: #cde5fd;
}
Background
.bg-cde5fd {
  background-color: #cde5fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cde5fd {
  border: 2px solid #cde5fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cde5fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 229 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 92% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cde5fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cde5fd, #cdcdfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cde5fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 229 253 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.65 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.87 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.40 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.95 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.72 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.88 #321a02 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#cde5fd  rgb(205, 229, 253)  hsl(210, 92%, 90%)  Pale Aqua
#fde5cd  rgb(253, 229, 205)  hsl(30, 92%, 90%)  Bisque
#fdcde5  rgb(253, 205, 229)  hsl(330, 92%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#e5fdcd  rgb(229, 253, 205)  hsl(90, 92%, 90%)  Tea Green