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#BBBFDA

#bbbfda ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.22% cyan, 12.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 232.26°, 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 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5289

Complementary

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #dad6bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #dac6bb
  3. #cedabb

Analogous

  1. #bbceda
  2. #bbbfda
  3. #c6bbda

Triadic

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #dabbbf
  3. #bfdabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #d6bbda
  3. #dad6bb
  4. #bfdabb

Square

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #dabbce
  3. #dad6bb
  4. #bbdac6

Monochromatic

  1. #5962a3
  2. #8990bf
  3. #bbbfda
  4. #edeef5
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#bbbfda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #a8acc4
  3. #9699ae
  4. #838699
  5. #707383
  6. #5e606d
  7. #4b4c57
  8. #383941
  9. #25262c
  10. #131316
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #c2c5de
  3. #c9cce1
  4. #cfd2e5
  5. #d6d9e9
  6. #dddfed
  7. #e4e5f0
  8. #ebecf4
  9. #f1f2f8
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfda
  2. #b5b9d1
  3. #afb2c8
  4. #a9acbf
  5. #a3a6b6
  6. #9ea0ad
  7. #9899a4
  8. #92939b
  9. #8c8d92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec0cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c1db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7bfd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c0db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bfda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7c2cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfda {
  color: #bbbfda;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfda {
  background-color: #bbbfda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfda {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 30% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfda, #c6bbda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.86 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.61 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.76 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.69 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.98 #444025 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbfda  rgb(187, 191, 218)  hsl(232, 30%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dad6bb  rgb(218, 214, 187)  hsl(52, 30%, 79%)  Pearl
#dabbbf  rgb(218, 187, 191)  hsl(352, 30%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bfdabb  rgb(191, 218, 187)  hsl(112, 30%, 79%)  Tea Green