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#BBCAEB

#bbcaeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcaeb 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, 79.22% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.43% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 54.55% saturation and 82.75% 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 12.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.588

Complementary

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #ebdcbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #ebc4bb
  3. #e2ebbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe2eb
  2. #bbcaeb
  3. #c4bbeb

Triadic

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #ebbbca
  3. #caebbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #dcbbeb
  3. #ebdcbb
  4. #caebbb

Square

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #ebbbe2
  3. #ebdcbb
  4. #bbebc4

Monochromatic

  1. #456ec8
  2. #809cda
  3. #bbcaeb
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bbcaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #a8b6d4
  3. #96a2bc
  4. #838da5
  5. #70798d
  6. #5e6576
  7. #4b515e
  8. #383d47
  9. #25282f
  10. #131418
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #c2cfed
  3. #c9d5ef
  4. #cfdaf1
  5. #d6dff3
  6. #dde5f5
  7. #e4eaf7
  8. #ebeff9
  9. #f1f4fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcaeb
  2. #b5c3e0
  3. #afbbd6
  4. #a9b4cb
  5. #a3acc0
  6. #9ea5b6
  7. #989eab
  8. #9296a0
  9. #8c8f95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4cad8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0cced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc8ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd0d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #becbec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbc9eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4cede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcaeb {
  color: #bbcaeb;
}
Background
.bg-bbcaeb {
  background-color: #bbcaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcaeb {
  border: 2px solid #bbcaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 202 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 55% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcaeb, #c4bbeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 202 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.07 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.58 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.64 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.95 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.63 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.10 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.53 #443514 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcaeb  rgb(187, 202, 235)  hsl(221, 55%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebdcbb  rgb(235, 220, 187)  hsl(41, 55%, 83%)  Pearl
#ebbbca  rgb(235, 187, 202)  hsl(341, 55%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#caebbb  rgb(202, 235, 187)  hsl(101, 55%, 83%)  Tea Green