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#BBBCDA

#bbbcda ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbcda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.73% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.22% cyan, 13.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 238.06°, with 29.52% saturation and 79.41% 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 11.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.07.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5159

Complementary

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #dad9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #dac9bb
  3. #cbdabb

Analogous

  1. #bbcbda
  2. #bbbcda
  3. #c9bbda

Triadic

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #dabbbc
  3. #bcdabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #d9bbda
  3. #dad9bb
  4. #bcdabb

Square

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #dabbcb
  3. #dad9bb
  4. #bbdac9

Monochromatic

  1. #595ba3
  2. #898bbf
  3. #bbbcda
  4. #ededf5
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#bbbcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #a8a9c4
  3. #9696ae
  4. #838499
  5. #707183
  6. #5e5e6d
  7. #4b4b57
  8. #383841
  9. #25262c
  10. #131316
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #c2c3de
  3. #c9c9e1
  4. #cfd0e5
  5. #d6d7e9
  6. #dddeed
  7. #e4e4f0
  8. #ebebf4
  9. #f1f2f8
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbcda
  2. #b5b6d1
  3. #afb0c8
  4. #a9aabf
  5. #a3a4b6
  6. #9e9ead
  7. #9898a4
  8. #92929b
  9. #8c8c92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdbdca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bfdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4bdd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5c1c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7bedb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bdd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7bfce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbcda {
  color: #bbbcda;
}
Background
.bg-bbbcda {
  background-color: #bbbcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbcda {
  border: 2px solid #bbbcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 188 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 30% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbcda, #c9bbda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 188 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.07 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.12 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.53 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.70 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.47 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.19 #444325 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbcda  rgb(187, 188, 218)  hsl(238, 30%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dad9bb  rgb(218, 217, 187)  hsl(58, 30%, 79%)  Pearl
#dabbbc  rgb(218, 187, 188)  hsl(358, 30%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bcdabb  rgb(188, 218, 187)  hsl(118, 30%, 79%)  Celadon