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#BBC8EA

#bbc8ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbc8ea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.4°, with 52.81% saturation and 82.55% 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 12.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5781

Complementary

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #eaddbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #eac5bb
  3. #e0eabb

Analogous

  1. #bbe0ea
  2. #bbc8ea
  3. #c5bbea

Triadic

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #eabbc8
  3. #c8eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #ddbbea
  3. #eaddbb
  4. #c8eabb

Square

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #eabbe0
  3. #eaddbb
  4. #bbeac5

Monochromatic

  1. #4669c6
  2. #8199d8
  3. #bbc8ea
  4. #eff2fa
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#bbc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #a8b4d3
  3. #96a0bb
  4. #838ca4
  5. #70788c
  6. #5e6475
  7. #4b505e
  8. #383c46
  9. #25282f
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #c2ceec
  3. #c9d3ee
  4. #cfd9f0
  5. #d6def2
  6. #dde4f5
  7. #e4e9f7
  8. #ebeff9
  9. #f1f4fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbc8ea
  2. #b5c1df
  3. #afbad5
  4. #a9b2ca
  5. #a3abc0
  6. #9ea4b5
  7. #989daa
  8. #9296a0
  9. #8c8e95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3c8d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becaec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac6e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0ced3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdc9eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbc7e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4ccdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbc8ea {
  color: #bbc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bbc8ea {
  background-color: #bbc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bbc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbc8ea, #c5bbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.73 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.98 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.09 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.85 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.66 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.90 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.04 #443715 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbc8ea  rgb(187, 200, 234)  hsl(223, 53%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eaddbb  rgb(234, 221, 187)  hsl(43, 53%, 83%)  Pearl
#eabbc8  rgb(234, 187, 200)  hsl(343, 53%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#c8eabb  rgb(200, 234, 187)  hsl(103, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green