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#CEF3F6

#cef3f6 ≈ Light Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cef3f6 is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 95.29% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.26% cyan, 1.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 184.5°, with 68.97% saturation and 88.63% 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 17.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.8388

Complementary

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #f6d1ce

Split complementary

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #f6cedf
  3. #f6e5ce

Analogous

  1. #cef6e5
  2. #cef3f6
  3. #cedff6

Triadic

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #f6cef3
  3. #f3f6ce

Tetradic

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #d1cef6
  3. #f6d1ce
  4. #f3f6ce

Square

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #e5cef6
  3. #f6d1ce
  4. #dff6ce

Monochromatic

  1. #4dd3de
  2. #8de3ea
  3. #cef3f6
  4. #eefbfc
  5. #eefbfc

Shades

#cef3f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #b9dbdd
  3. #a5c2c5
  4. #90aaac
  5. #7c9294
  6. #677a7b
  7. #526162
  8. #3e494a
  9. #293131
  10. #151819
  11. #000000

Tints

#cef3f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #d3f4f7
  3. #d8f5f8
  4. #ddf7f9
  5. #e2f8fa
  6. #e7f9fb
  7. #ebfafb
  8. #f0fbfc
  9. #f5fdfd
  10. #fafefe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cef3f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cef3f6
  2. #c6e8ea
  3. #bedcde
  4. #b7d1d3
  5. #afc5c7
  6. #a7babb
  7. #9faeaf
  8. #97a3a3
  9. #909798
  10. #888c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1eff0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edeff6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6eaf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2f6f4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1f1f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddedf6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7f5f5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cef3f6 {
  color: #cef3f6;
}
Background
.bg-cef3f6 {
  background-color: #cef3f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cef3f6 {
  border: 2px solid #cef3f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cef3f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 243 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 69% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cef3f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cef3f6, #cedff6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cef3f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 243 246 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 3.23 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.26 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.28 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 7.33 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.53 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.78 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.01 #310c09 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#cef3f6  rgb(206, 243, 246)  hsl(185, 69%, 89%)  Light Cyan
#f6d1ce  rgb(246, 209, 206)  hsl(5, 69%, 89%)  Pale Pink
#f6cef3  rgb(246, 206, 243)  hsl(305, 69%, 89%)  Thistle
#f3f6ce  rgb(243, 246, 206)  hsl(65, 69%, 89%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow