#cae8ef

Color #cae8ef

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 7.08 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cae8ef

RGB

rgb(202, 232, 239)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 53.6%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 15.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(90.09, -8.37, -6.7)

LCH

lch(90.09, 10.72, 218.68)

OKLCH

oklch(91.1%, 0.0329, 213.35)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 79.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd1ca

Analogous

#caefe4

#cae8ef

#cad6ef

Triadic

#cae8ef

#efcae8

#e8efca

Split-complementary

#cae8ef

#efcad6

#efe4ca

Tetradic

#cae8ef

#d1caef

#efd1ca

#e8efca

Square

#cae8ef

#e4caef

#efd1ca

#d6efca

Shades

Color #cae8ef mixed toward black.

#92cfde

#59b7cd

#3393a9

#226271

#113138

Tints

Color #cae8ef mixed toward white.

#d3ecf2

#dcf0f4

#e5f4f7

#edf7fa

#f6fbfc

Tones

Color #cae8ef mixed toward gray.

#cde6ec

#d0e4e9

#d3e2e6

#d6e0e3

#d9dee0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d8ed · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#d6d4ed · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#ccecec · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cae8ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cae8ef]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#cae8ef (#cae8ef) is rgb(202, 232, 239) in RGB.

No, #cae8ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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