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#CEF5EB

#cef5eb ≈ Light Cyan

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#cef5eb is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 96.08% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.08% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 164.62°, with 66.1% saturation and 88.43% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.8442

Complementary

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #f5ced8

Split complementary

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #f5ceeb
  3. #f5d7ce

Analogous

  1. #cef5d7
  2. #cef5eb
  3. #ceebf5

Triadic

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #ebcef5
  3. #f5ebce

Tetradic

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #ced8f5
  3. #f5ced8
  4. #f5ebce

Square

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #d7cef5
  3. #f5ced8
  4. #ebf5ce

Monochromatic

  1. #4fdbb7
  2. #8ee8d1
  3. #cef5eb
  4. #eefcf8
  5. #eefcf8

Shades

#cef5eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #b9ddd4
  3. #a5c4bc
  4. #90aca5
  5. #7c938d
  6. #677b76
  7. #52625e
  8. #3e4a47
  9. #29312f
  10. #151918
  11. #000000

Tints

#cef5eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #d3f6ed
  3. #d8f7ef
  4. #ddf8f1
  5. #e2f9f3
  6. #e7faf5
  7. #ebfbf7
  8. #f0fcf9
  9. #f5fdfb
  10. #fafefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cef5eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cef5eb
  2. #c6e9e0
  3. #beded6
  4. #b7d2cb
  5. #afc6c0
  6. #a7bbb6
  7. #9fafab
  8. #97a3a0
  9. #909795
  10. #888c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ededed ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1f0ec ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2f0eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eaeaec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5f6f2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4f2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfefeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8f6ef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cef5eb {
  color: #cef5eb;
}
Background
.bg-cef5eb {
  background-color: #cef5eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cef5eb {
  border: 2px solid #cef5eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cef5eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 245 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 66% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cef5eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cef5eb, #ceebf5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cef5eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 245 235 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 5.59 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.37 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.73 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 7.89 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.14 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.10 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 9.45 #310a14 Inverted #ededed Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#cef5eb  rgb(206, 245, 235)  hsl(165, 66%, 88%)  Light Cyan
#f5ced8  rgb(245, 206, 216)  hsl(345, 66%, 88%)  Pale Pink
#ebcef5  rgb(235, 206, 245)  hsl(285, 66%, 88%)  Thistle
#f5ebce  rgb(245, 235, 206)  hsl(45, 66%, 88%)  Pearl