Information about #CAE8E3 color

#CAE8E3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CAE8E3 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 232, 227) — 79.2% red, 91% green, 89% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 0 / 2 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #CAE8E3 reads as a softly balanced water-like cyan and is nearly as bright as white. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Jagged Ice (#CAE7E2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mabel (#CBE8E8) and Heavenly Meadow (#CDE5E8).

The recipe behind #CAE8E3 is rgb(202, 232, 227), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CAE8E3: 16.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CAE8E3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CAE8E3 color variations

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#CAE8E3 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CAE8E3

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Jagged Ice color link
Jagged Ice

#CAE7E2

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Mint Tulip color link
Mint Tulip

#C6EADD

Foam color link
Foam

#D0EAE8

Skeptic color link
Skeptic

#CAE6DA

Oyster Bay color link
Oyster Bay

#D1EAEA

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Reservoir color link
Reservoir

#BFE2DC

#CAE8E3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CAE8E3
  • RGB202, 232, 227
  • CMYK12, 0, 2, 9
  • CSSrgb(202, 232, 227)
  • HSL170°, 39%, 85%
  • HSL Precise170°, 39.474%, 85.098%
  • HSV170°, 13%, 91%
  • HSB170°, 13%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.910
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.890
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.910, 0.890)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.910, 0.890, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.910, 0.890)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB91%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB89%
  • Color Family (Hue)Cyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDCAE8E3
  • DECIMAL ID13297891
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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