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#B2CDFD

#b2cdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b2cdfd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.64% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 218.4°, with 94.94% saturation and 84.51% 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.89.

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Relative luminance0.6022

Complementary

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #fde2b2

Split complementary

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #fdbcb2
  3. #f3fdb2

Analogous

  1. #b2f3fd
  2. #b2cdfd
  3. #bcb2fd

Triadic

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #fdb2cd
  3. #cdfdb2

Tetradic

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #e2b2fd
  3. #fde2b2
  4. #cdfdb2

Square

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #fdb2f3
  3. #fde2b2
  4. #b2fdbc

Monochromatic

  1. #1d6cf9
  2. #679dfb
  3. #b2cdfd
  4. #ebf2fe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#b2cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #a0b9e4
  3. #8ea4ca
  4. #7d90b1
  5. #6b7b98
  6. #59677f
  7. #475265
  8. #353e4c
  9. #242933
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #bad2fd
  3. #c1d7fd
  4. #c9dcfe
  5. #d1e1fe
  6. #d9e6fe
  7. #e0ebfe
  8. #e8f0fe
  9. #f0f5ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2cdfd
  2. #adc5f1
  3. #a8bee4
  4. #a3b6d8
  5. #9eaecb
  6. #99a7bf
  7. #949fb2
  8. #8f97a6
  9. #8a8f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2cce1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdd0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c9fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dd7dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9cffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4cafc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6d3ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2cdfd {
  color: #b2cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-b2cdfd {
  background-color: #b2cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #b2cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 95% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2cdfd, #bcb2fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.89 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.15 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.69 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.28 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.15 #4d3202 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b2cdfd  rgb(178, 205, 253)  hsl(218, 95%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde2b2  rgb(253, 226, 178)  hsl(38, 95%, 85%)  Moccasin
#fdb2cd  rgb(253, 178, 205)  hsl(338, 95%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cdfdb2  rgb(205, 253, 178)  hsl(98, 95%, 85%)  Tea Green