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#B4E2FF

#b4e2ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4e2ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.41% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203.2°, with 100% saturation and 85.29% 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 15.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.18.

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Relative luminance0.7132

Complementary

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #ffd1b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #ffb4bc
  3. #fff6b4

Analogous

  1. #b4fff6
  2. #b4e2ff
  3. #b4bcff

Triadic

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #ffb4e2
  3. #e2ffb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #d1b4ff
  3. #ffd1b4
  4. #e2ffb4

Square

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #f6b4ff
  3. #ffd1b4
  4. #bcffb4

Monochromatic

  1. #1ba7ff
  2. #67c4ff
  3. #b4e2ff
  4. #ebf7ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#b4e2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #a2cbe6
  3. #90b5cc
  4. #7e9eb3
  5. #6c8899
  6. #5a7180
  7. #485a66
  8. #36444d
  9. #242d33
  10. #12171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4e2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #bce5ff
  3. #c3e8ff
  4. #cbebff
  5. #d2eeff
  6. #daf1ff
  7. #e1f3ff
  8. #e9f6ff
  9. #f0f9ff
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4e2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4e2ff
  2. #afd8f2
  3. #aacee6
  4. #a4c5d9
  5. #9fbbcc
  6. #9ab1c0
  7. #95a7b3
  8. #909da6
  9. #8a9499
  10. #858a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cddeeb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5e1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd8ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9deaeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9e1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2dcff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e7f3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4e2ff {
  color: #b4e2ff;
}
Background
.bg-b4e2ff {
  background-color: #b4e2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4e2ff {
  border: 2px solid #b4e2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4e2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 226 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4e2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4e2ff, #b4bcff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4e2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 226 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.18 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.83 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.90 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.44 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.56 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.92 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.24 #4b1d00 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b4e2ff  rgb(180, 226, 255)  hsl(203, 100%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd1b4  rgb(255, 209, 180)  hsl(23, 100%, 85%)  Apricot
#ffb4e2  rgb(255, 180, 226)  hsl(323, 100%, 85%)  Carnation Pink
#e2ffb4  rgb(226, 255, 180)  hsl(83, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green