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#B7CDFD

#b7cdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b7cdfd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.67% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 221.14°, with 94.59% saturation and 85.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.16.

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Relative luminance0.6082

Complementary

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #fde7b7

Split complementary

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #fdc4b7
  3. #f0fdb7

Analogous

  1. #b7f0fd
  2. #b7cdfd
  3. #c4b7fd

Triadic

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #fdb7cd
  3. #cdfdb7

Tetradic

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #e7b7fd
  3. #fde7b7
  4. #cdfdb7

Square

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #fdb7f0
  3. #fde7b7
  4. #b7fdc4

Monochromatic

  1. #2266f9
  2. #6d99fb
  3. #b7cdfd
  4. #ebf1fe
  5. #ebf1fe

Shades

#b7cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #a5b9e4
  3. #92a4ca
  4. #8090b1
  5. #6e7b98
  6. #5c677f
  7. #495265
  8. #373e4c
  9. #252933
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #bed2fd
  3. #c5d7fd
  4. #cddcfe
  5. #d4e1fe
  6. #dbe6fe
  7. #e2ebfe
  8. #e9f0fe
  9. #f1f5ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7cdfd
  2. #b2c5f1
  3. #acbee4
  4. #a7b6d8
  5. #a1aecb
  6. #9ca7bf
  7. #969fb2
  8. #9197a6
  9. #8b8f99
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4cde2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bed0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7cafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4d7dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbcffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7cbfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acd3ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7cdfd {
  color: #b7cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-b7cdfd {
  background-color: #b7cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #b7cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 95% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7cdfd, #c4b7fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.16 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.66 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.06 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.77 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.29 #483202 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b7cdfd  rgb(183, 205, 253)  hsl(221, 95%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde7b7  rgb(253, 231, 183)  hsl(41, 95%, 85%)  Peach
#fdb7cd  rgb(253, 183, 205)  hsl(341, 95%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cdfdb7  rgb(205, 253, 183)  hsl(101, 95%, 85%)  Tea Green