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#CED9E2

#ced9e2 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ced9e2 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 85.1% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.85% cyan, 3.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 207°, with 25.64% saturation and 84.71% 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 14.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.98.

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Relative luminance0.6824

Complementary

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #e2d7ce

Split complementary

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #e2cecf
  3. #e2e1ce

Analogous

  1. #cee2e1
  2. #ced9e2
  3. #cecfe2

Triadic

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #e2ced9
  3. #d9e2ce

Tetradic

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #d7cee2
  3. #e2d7ce
  4. #d9e2ce

Square

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #e1cee2
  3. #e2d7ce
  4. #cfe2ce

Monochromatic

  1. #6e8ea9
  2. #9eb4c6
  3. #ced9e2
  4. #f2f5f7
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#ced9e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #b9c3cb
  3. #a5aeb5
  4. #90989e
  5. #7c8288
  6. #676d71
  7. #52575a
  8. #3e4144
  9. #292b2d
  10. #151617
  11. #000000

Tints

#ced9e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #d3dde5
  3. #d8e1e8
  4. #dde4eb
  5. #e2e8ee
  6. #e7ecf1
  7. #ebf0f3
  8. #f0f4f6
  9. #f5f7f9
  10. #fafbfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ced9e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ced9e2
  2. #c6d0d8
  3. #bec7ce
  4. #b7bec5
  5. #afb5bb
  6. #a7adb1
  7. #9fa4a7
  8. #979b9d
  9. #909294
  10. #88898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4d8dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5d9e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3d6e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9dbdc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3d9e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1d7e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbdade ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ced9e2 {
  color: #ced9e2;
}
Background
.bg-ced9e2 {
  background-color: #ced9e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ced9e2 {
  border: 2px solid #ced9e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ced9e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 217 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 26% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ced9e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ced9e2, #cecfe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ced9e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 217 226 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.98 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.70 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.70 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.70 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.56 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 6.95 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.15 #31261d Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#ced9e2  rgb(206, 217, 226)  hsl(207, 26%, 85%)  Pale Aqua
#e2d7ce  rgb(226, 215, 206)  hsl(27, 26%, 85%)  Timberwolf
#e2ced9  rgb(226, 206, 217)  hsl(327, 26%, 85%)  Languid Lavender
#d9e2ce  rgb(217, 226, 206)  hsl(87, 26%, 85%)  Beige