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#D6E9FF

#d6e9ff ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#d6e9ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 83.92% red, 91.37% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.08% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 212.2°, with 100% saturation and 91.96% 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 16.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.83.

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Relative luminance0.7979

Complementary

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #ffecd6

Split complementary

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #ffd7d6
  3. #fdffd6

Analogous

  1. #d6fdff
  2. #d6e9ff
  3. #d7d6ff

Triadic

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #ffd6e9
  3. #e9ffd6

Tetradic

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #ecd6ff
  3. #ffecd6
  4. #e9ffd6

Square

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #ffd6fd
  3. #ffecd6
  4. #d6ffd7

Monochromatic

  1. #3d97ff
  2. #89c0ff
  3. #d6e9ff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#d6e9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #c1d2e6
  3. #abbacc
  4. #96a3b3
  5. #808c99
  6. #6b7580
  7. #565d66
  8. #40464d
  9. #2b2f33
  10. #15171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#d6e9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #daebff
  3. #deedff
  4. #e2f0ff
  5. #e6f2ff
  6. #ebf4ff
  7. #eff6ff
  8. #f3f8ff
  9. #f7fbff
  10. #fbfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d6e9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d6e9ff
  2. #cddff2
  3. #c5d4e6
  4. #bccad9
  5. #b4bfcc
  6. #abb5c0
  7. #a2aab3
  8. #9aa0a6
  9. #919599
  10. #898b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0e8f1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1e9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dde5ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cceef0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dde9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dae7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0ecf6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d6e9ff {
  color: #d6e9ff;
}
Background
.bg-d6e9ff {
  background-color: #d6e9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d6e9ff {
  border: 2px solid #d6e9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d6e9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 214 233 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 100% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d6e9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d6e9ff, #d7d6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d6e9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(214 233 255 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.83 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.70 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 6.98 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.04 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.80 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 9.04 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 10.26 #291600 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#d6e9ff  rgb(214, 233, 255)  hsl(212, 100%, 92%)  Pale Aqua
#ffecd6  rgb(255, 236, 214)  hsl(32, 100%, 92%)  Antique White
#ffd6e9  rgb(255, 214, 233)  hsl(332, 100%, 92%)  Pale Pink
#e9ffd6  rgb(233, 255, 214)  hsl(92, 100%, 92%)  Tea Green