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#BBBFCD

#bbbfcd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfcd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.9% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.78% cyan, 6.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 226.67°, with 15.25% saturation and 76.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.43.

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Relative luminance0.5223

Complementary

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #cdc9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #cdc0bb
  3. #c8cdbb

Analogous

  1. #bbc8cd
  2. #bbbfcd
  3. #c0bbcd

Triadic

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #cdbbbf
  3. #bfcdbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #c9bbcd
  3. #cdc9bb
  4. #bfcdbb

Square

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #cdbbc8
  3. #cdc9bb
  4. #bbcdc0

Monochromatic

  1. #656d8a
  2. #8f96ad
  3. #bbbfcd
  4. #e7e8ed
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#bbbfcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #a8acb9
  3. #9699a4
  4. #838690
  5. #70737b
  6. #5e6067
  7. #4b4c52
  8. #38393e
  9. #252629
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #c2c5d2
  3. #c9ccd7
  4. #cfd2dc
  5. #d6d9e1
  6. #dddfe6
  7. #e4e5eb
  8. #ebecf0
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfcd
  2. #b5b9c5
  3. #afb2be
  4. #a9acb6
  5. #a3a6ae
  6. #9ea0a7
  7. #98999f
  8. #929397
  9. #8c8d8f
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebfc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc0ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #babfcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbc0cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #babfcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9c0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfcd {
  color: #bbbfcd;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfcd {
  background-color: #bbbfcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfcd {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 15% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfcd, #c0bbcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.43 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.61 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.22 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.22 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.49 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.73 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.80 #444032 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbbfcd  rgb(187, 191, 205)  hsl(227, 15%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdc9bb  rgb(205, 201, 187)  hsl(47, 15%, 77%)  Bone
#cdbbbf  rgb(205, 187, 191)  hsl(347, 15%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bfcdbb  rgb(191, 205, 187)  hsl(107, 15%, 77%)  Ash Gray