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#BBCAEF

#bbcaef ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.76% cyan, 15.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 222.69°, with 61.9% saturation and 83.53% 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 12.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.5904

Complementary

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #efe0bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #efc6bb
  3. #e4efbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe4ef
  2. #bbcaef
  3. #c6bbef

Triadic

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #efbbca
  3. #caefbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #e0bbef
  3. #efe0bb
  4. #caefbb

Square

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #efbbe4
  3. #efe0bb
  4. #bbefc6

Monochromatic

  1. #3f69d2
  2. #7d9ae0
  3. #bbcaef
  4. #eef2fb
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#bbcaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #a8b6d7
  3. #96a2bf
  4. #838da7
  5. #70798f
  6. #5e6578
  7. #4b5160
  8. #383d48
  9. #252830
  10. #131418
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #c2cff1
  3. #c9d5f2
  4. #cfdaf4
  5. #d6dff5
  6. #dde5f7
  7. #e4eaf9
  8. #ebeffa
  9. #f1f4fc
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcaef
  2. #b5c3e4
  3. #afbbd9
  4. #a9b4ce
  5. #a3acc3
  6. #9ea5b8
  7. #989eac
  8. #9296a1
  9. #8c8f96
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4cada ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfccf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc8ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aed1d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdcbf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbc9ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3cee0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcaef {
  color: #bbcaef;
}
Background
.bg-bbcaef {
  background-color: #bbcaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcaef {
  border: 2px solid #bbcaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 202 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 62% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcaef, #c6bbef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 202 239 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.90 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.01 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.94 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.72 #443510 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcaef  rgb(187, 202, 239)  hsl(223, 62%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#efe0bb  rgb(239, 224, 187)  hsl(43, 62%, 84%)  Wheat
#efbbca  rgb(239, 187, 202)  hsl(343, 62%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#caefbb  rgb(202, 239, 187)  hsl(103, 62%, 84%)  Tea Green