Celestial Alabaster toward Heartening

#cde9dc RGB(205,233,220)

About this color

Celestial Alabaster toward Heartening settles into a very light cyan territory with a moderate quality that feels cool — captured at #cde9dc, RGB(205, 233, 220).

#cde9dcRGB(205, 233, 220)

HSL 152° · 39% saturation · 86% lightness

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Psychology

Pale cyan is one of the most readable background tones for screens: low fatigue, high clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

Light enough to serve as page backgrounds, input fields, and hover states — contexts where colour informs rather than dominates. Pair with deeper tones of the same family for clear visual hierarchy.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Celestial Alabaster toward Heartening
HEX
#cde9dc
RGB
rgb(205,233,220)
RGB%
rgb(80.4%,91.4%,86.3%)
HSL
hsl(152,39%,86%)
HSV
hsv(152,12%,91%)
CMYK
cmyk(12,0,6,9)
LAB
lab(90,-12,3)
LCH
lch(90,12,166)
sRGB
(0.804,0.914,0.863)
HEX8
#cde9dcff
CSS Name
Decimal
205233220

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Color info

Lightness
86%
Saturation
39%
Hue
152°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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