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#BBCDEB

#bbcdeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcdeb is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 80.39% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.43% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 217.5°, with 54.55% saturation and 82.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.04.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6023

Complementary

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #ebd9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #ebc1bb
  3. #e5ebbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe5eb
  2. #bbcdeb
  3. #c1bbeb

Triadic

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #ebbbcd
  3. #cdebbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #d9bbeb
  3. #ebd9bb
  4. #cdebbb

Square

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #ebbbe5
  3. #ebd9bb
  4. #bbebc1

Monochromatic

  1. #4576c8
  2. #80a2da
  3. #bbcdeb
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bbcdeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #a8b9d4
  3. #96a4bc
  4. #8390a5
  5. #707b8d
  6. #5e6776
  7. #4b525e
  8. #383e47
  9. #25292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcdeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #c2d2ed
  3. #c9d7ef
  4. #cfdcf1
  5. #d6e1f3
  6. #dde6f5
  7. #e4ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f1f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcdeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcdeb
  2. #b5c5e0
  3. #afbed6
  4. #a9b6cb
  5. #a3aec0
  6. #9ea7b6
  7. #989fab
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c8f95
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ccd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ceec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcaea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ceec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcbeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcdeb {
  color: #bbcdeb;
}
Background
.bg-bbcdeb {
  background-color: #bbcdeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcdeb {
  border: 2px solid #bbcdeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcdeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 205 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 55% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcdeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcdeb, #c1bbeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcdeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 205 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.04 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.16 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.01 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.74 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.74 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.07 #443214 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcdeb  rgb(187, 205, 235)  hsl(218, 55%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebd9bb  rgb(235, 217, 187)  hsl(38, 55%, 83%)  Champagne
#ebbbcd  rgb(235, 187, 205)  hsl(338, 55%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cdebbb  rgb(205, 235, 187)  hsl(98, 55%, 83%)  Tea Green