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#BBBFCE

#bbbfce ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfce 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.22% cyan, 7.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 227.37°, with 16.24% saturation and 77.06% 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 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.33.

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Relative luminance0.5228

Complementary

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #cecabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #cec1bb
  3. #c9cebb

Analogous

  1. #bbc9ce
  2. #bbbfce
  3. #c1bbce

Triadic

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #cebbbf
  3. #bfcebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #cabbce
  3. #cecabb
  4. #bfcebb

Square

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #cebbc9
  3. #cecabb
  4. #bbcec1

Monochromatic

  1. #656d8b
  2. #8f95ae
  3. #bbbfce
  4. #e7e9ee
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#bbbfce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #a8acb9
  3. #9699a5
  4. #838690
  5. #70737c
  6. #5e6067
  7. #4b4c52
  8. #38393e
  9. #252629
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #c2c5d3
  3. #c9ccd8
  4. #cfd2dd
  5. #d6d9e2
  6. #dddfe7
  7. #e4e5eb
  8. #ebecf0
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfce
  2. #b5b9c6
  3. #afb2be
  4. #a9acb7
  5. #a3a6af
  6. #9ea0a7
  7. #98999f
  8. #929397
  9. #8c8d90
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebfc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #babfce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7c2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbc0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #babfce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9c1c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfce {
  color: #bbbfce;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfce {
  background-color: #bbbfce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfce {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 16% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfce, #c1bbce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 206 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.33 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.01 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.31 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.49 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.53 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.53 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.85 #444031 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbbfce  rgb(187, 191, 206)  hsl(227, 16%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#cecabb  rgb(206, 202, 187)  hsl(47, 16%, 77%)  Bone
#cebbbf  rgb(206, 187, 191)  hsl(347, 16%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bfcebb  rgb(191, 206, 187)  hsl(107, 16%, 77%)  Ash Gray