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#B4E2EA

#b4e2ea ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4e2ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 88.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 3.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 188.89°, with 56.25% saturation and 81.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 1.24.

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Relative luminance0.7004

Complementary

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #eabcb4

Split complementary

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #eab4c7
  3. #ead7b4

Analogous

  1. #b4ead7
  2. #b4e2ea
  3. #b4c7ea

Triadic

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #eab4e2
  3. #e2eab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #bcb4ea
  3. #eabcb4
  4. #e2eab4

Square

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #d7b4ea
  3. #eabcb4
  4. #c7eab4

Monochromatic

  1. #3cb4c9
  2. #78cbd9
  3. #b4e2ea
  4. #eff9fb
  5. #eff9fb

Shades

#b4e2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #a2cbd3
  3. #90b5bb
  4. #7e9ea4
  5. #6c888c
  6. #5a7175
  7. #485a5e
  8. #364446
  9. #242d2f
  10. #121717
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4e2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #bce5ec
  3. #c3e8ee
  4. #cbebf0
  5. #d2eef2
  6. #daf1f5
  7. #e1f3f7
  8. #e9f6f9
  9. #f0f9fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4e2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4e2ea
  2. #afd8df
  3. #aaced5
  4. #a4c5ca
  5. #9fbbc0
  6. #9ab1b5
  7. #95a7aa
  8. #909da0
  9. #8a9495
  10. #858a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccdde1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadeeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d7ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3e6e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cce0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6dbea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aae5e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4e2ea {
  color: #b4e2ea;
}
Background
.bg-b4e2ea {
  background-color: #b4e2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4e2ea {
  border: 2px solid #b4e2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4e2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 226 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 56% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4e2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4e2ea, #b4c7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4e2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 226 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 1.24 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.42 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.58 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.65 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.76 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.96 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.42 #4b1d15 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#b4e2ea  rgb(180, 226, 234)  hsl(189, 56%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#eabcb4  rgb(234, 188, 180)  hsl(9, 56%, 81%)  Baby Pink
#eab4e2  rgb(234, 180, 226)  hsl(309, 56%, 81%)  Plum
#e2eab4  rgb(226, 234, 180)  hsl(69, 56%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod