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#B3CDFD

#b3cdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b3cdfd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.25% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 218.92°, with 94.87% saturation and 84.71% 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 13.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.92.

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Relative luminance0.6034

Complementary

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #fde3b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #fdbeb3
  3. #f2fdb3

Analogous

  1. #b3f2fd
  2. #b3cdfd
  3. #beb3fd

Triadic

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #fdb3cd
  3. #cdfdb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #e3b3fd
  3. #fde3b3
  4. #cdfdb3

Square

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #fdb3f2
  3. #fde3b3
  4. #b3fdbe

Monochromatic

  1. #1e6bf9
  2. #689cfb
  3. #b3cdfd
  4. #ebf2fe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#b3cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #a1b9e4
  3. #8fa4ca
  4. #7d90b1
  5. #6b7b98
  6. #5a677f
  7. #485265
  8. #363e4c
  9. #242933
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #bbd2fd
  3. #c2d7fd
  4. #cadcfe
  5. #d1e1fe
  6. #d9e6fe
  7. #e1ebfe
  8. #e8f0fe
  9. #f0f5ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3cdfd
  2. #aec5f1
  3. #a9bee4
  4. #a4b6d8
  5. #9faecb
  6. #9aa7bf
  7. #949fb2
  8. #8f97a6
  9. #8a8f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.07:1 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 #9ed7dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9cffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5cbfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7d3ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3cdfd {
  color: #b3cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-b3cdfd {
  background-color: #b3cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #b3cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 95% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3cdfd, #beb3fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.92 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.86 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.09 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.58 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.48 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.44 #4c3202 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b3cdfd  rgb(179, 205, 253)  hsl(219, 95%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde3b3  rgb(253, 227, 179)  hsl(39, 95%, 85%)  Peach
#fdb3cd  rgb(253, 179, 205)  hsl(339, 95%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cdfdb3  rgb(205, 253, 179)  hsl(99, 95%, 85%)  Tea Green