#cae9ec

Color #cae9ec

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cae9ec

RGB

rgb(202, 233, 236)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 47.2%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 14.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.27, -9.49, -4.86)

LCH

lch(90.27, 10.66, 207.12)

OKLCH

oklch(91.3%, 0.0328, 203.75)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 79.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eccdca

Analogous

#caecde

#cae9ec

#cad8ec

Triadic

#cae9ec

#eccae9

#e9ecca

Split-complementary

#cae9ec

#eccad8

#ecdeca

Tetradic

#cae9ec

#cdcaec

#eccdca

#e9ecca

Square

#cae9ec

#decaec

#eccdca

#d8ecca

Shades

Color #cae9ec mixed toward black.

#94d3d9

#5fbcc5

#3a98a1

#27656b

#133336

Tints

Color #cae9ec mixed toward white.

#d3edef

#dcf0f2

#e5f4f6

#edf8f9

#f6fbfc

Tones

Color #cae9ec mixed toward gray.

#cde7e9

#d0e4e6

#d3e2e4

#d5e0e1

#d8ddde

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d8eb · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#d6d4eb · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#ccebeb · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cae9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cae9ec]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#cae9ec (#cae9ec) is rgb(202, 233, 236) in RGB.

No, #cae9ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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