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#B4E2FA

#b4e2fa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4e2fa is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 88.63% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28% cyan, 9.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 200.57°, with 87.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 15.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.71

Complementary

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #faccb4

Split complementary

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #fab4bf
  3. #faefb4

Analogous

  1. #b4faef
  2. #b4e2fa
  3. #b4bffa

Triadic

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #fab4e2
  3. #e2fab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #ccb4fa
  3. #faccb4
  4. #e2fab4

Square

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #efb4fa
  3. #faccb4
  4. #bffab4

Monochromatic

  1. #25abf0
  2. #6cc6f5
  3. #b4e2fa
  4. #ecf8fe
  5. #ecf8fe

Shades

#b4e2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #a2cbe1
  3. #90b5c8
  4. #7e9eaf
  5. #6c8896
  6. #5a717d
  7. #485a64
  8. #36444b
  9. #242d32
  10. #121719
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4e2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #bce5fb
  3. #c3e8fb
  4. #cbebfc
  5. #d2eefc
  6. #daf1fd
  7. #e1f3fd
  8. #e9f6fe
  9. #f0f9fe
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4e2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4e2fa
  2. #afd8ee
  3. #aacee2
  4. #a4c5d5
  5. #9fbbc9
  6. #9ab1bd
  7. #95a7b1
  8. #909da5
  9. #8a9498
  10. #858a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cddee8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6e0fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd8fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ee9e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9e1fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3dcfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e6f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4e2fa {
  color: #b4e2fa;
}
Background
.bg-b4e2fa {
  background-color: #b4e2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4e2fa {
  border: 2px solid #b4e2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4e2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 226 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 88% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4e2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4e2fa, #b4bffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4e2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 226 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.52 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.31 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.80 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.50 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.85 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.44 #4b1d05 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b4e2fa  rgb(180, 226, 250)  hsl(201, 88%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#faccb4  rgb(250, 204, 180)  hsl(21, 88%, 84%)  Apricot
#fab4e2  rgb(250, 180, 226)  hsl(321, 88%, 84%)  Carnation Pink
#e2fab4  rgb(226, 250, 180)  hsl(81, 88%, 84%)  Tea Green