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#CEF8EC

#cef8ec ≈ Light Cyan

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#cef8ec 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, 97.25% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.94% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.84% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 162.86°, with 75% saturation and 89.02% 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 18.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 6.35.

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Web safe#ccffff
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Relative luminance0.8631

Complementary

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #f8ceda

Split complementary

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #f8ceef
  3. #f8d7ce

Analogous

  1. #cef8d7
  2. #cef8ec
  3. #ceeff8

Triadic

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #eccef8
  3. #f8ecce

Tetradic

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #cedaf8
  3. #f8ceda
  4. #f8ecce

Square

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #d7cef8
  3. #f8ceda
  4. #eff8ce

Monochromatic

  1. #48e5b8
  2. #8beed2
  3. #cef8ec
  4. #edfcf8
  5. #edfcf8

Shades

#cef8ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #b9dfd4
  3. #a5c6bd
  4. #90aea5
  5. #7c958e
  6. #677c76
  7. #52635e
  8. #3e4a47
  9. #29322f
  10. #151918
  11. #000000

Tints

#cef8ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #d3f9ee
  3. #d8f9f0
  4. #ddfaf2
  5. #e2fbf4
  6. #e7fcf6
  7. #ebfcf7
  8. #f0fdf9
  9. #f5fefb
  10. #fafefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cef8ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cef8ec
  2. #c6ece1
  3. #bee0d6
  4. #b7d4cc
  5. #afc8c1
  6. #a7bcb6
  7. #9fb0ab
  8. #97a4a0
  9. #909896
  10. #888c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #efefef ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3f3ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5f2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ededed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4f9f4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6f5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1f1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8f9f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cef8ec {
  color: #cef8ec;
}
Background
.bg-cef8ec {
  background-color: #cef8ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cef8ec {
  border: 2px solid #cef8ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cef8ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 248 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 75% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cef8ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cef8ec, #ceeff8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cef8ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 248 236 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 6.35 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.60 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.54 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 8.24 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 8.30 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.97 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 10.24 #310713 Inverted #efefef Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#cef8ec  rgb(206, 248, 236)  hsl(163, 75%, 89%)  Light Cyan
#f8ceda  rgb(248, 206, 218)  hsl(343, 75%, 89%)  Pale Pink
#eccef8  rgb(236, 206, 248)  hsl(283, 75%, 89%)  Thistle
#f8ecce  rgb(248, 236, 206)  hsl(43, 75%, 89%)  Papaya Whip