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#BBBFDB

#bbbfdb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfdb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.61% cyan, 12.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 232.5°, with 30.77% saturation and 79.61% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5294

Complementary

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #dbd7bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #dbc7bb
  3. #cfdbbb

Analogous

  1. #bbcfdb
  2. #bbbfdb
  3. #c7bbdb

Triadic

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #dbbbbf
  3. #bfdbbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #d7bbdb
  3. #dbd7bb
  4. #bfdbbb

Square

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #dbbbcf
  3. #dbd7bb
  4. #bbdbc7

Monochromatic

  1. #5861a5
  2. #8990c1
  3. #bbbfdb
  4. #edeef5
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#bbbfdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #a8acc5
  3. #9699af
  4. #838699
  5. #707383
  6. #5e606e
  7. #4b4c58
  8. #383942
  9. #25262c
  10. #131316
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #c2c5df
  3. #c9cce2
  4. #cfd2e6
  5. #d6d9e9
  6. #dddfed
  7. #e4e5f1
  8. #ebecf4
  9. #f1f2f8
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfdb
  2. #b5b9d2
  3. #afb2c9
  4. #a9acc0
  5. #a3a6b7
  6. #9ea0ae
  7. #9899a4
  8. #92939b
  9. #8c8d92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec0cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c2dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6bfda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bfdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7c2d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfdb {
  color: #bbbfdb;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfdb {
  background-color: #bbbfdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfdb {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 31% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfdb, #c7bbdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 219 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.04 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.31 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.83 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.76 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.85 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.16 #444024 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbfdb  rgb(187, 191, 219)  hsl(233, 31%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dbd7bb  rgb(219, 215, 187)  hsl(53, 31%, 80%)  Pearl
#dbbbbf  rgb(219, 187, 191)  hsl(353, 31%, 80%)  Baby Pink
#bfdbbb  rgb(191, 219, 187)  hsl(113, 31%, 80%)  Tea Green