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#BBCDEC

#bbcdec ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcdec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.76% cyan, 13.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 217.96°, with 56.32% saturation and 82.94% 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 13.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.25.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6028

Complementary

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #ecdabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #ecc1bb
  3. #e5ecbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe5ec
  2. #bbcdec
  3. #c1bbec

Triadic

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #ecbbcd
  3. #cdecbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #dabbec
  3. #ecdabb
  4. #cdecbb

Square

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #ecbbe5
  3. #ecdabb
  4. #bbecc1

Monochromatic

  1. #4375cb
  2. #7fa1db
  3. #bbcdec
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bbcdec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #a8b9d4
  3. #96a4bd
  4. #8390a5
  5. #707b8e
  6. #5e6776
  7. #4b525e
  8. #383e47
  9. #25292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcdec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #c2d2ee
  3. #c9d7f0
  4. #cfdcf2
  5. #d6e1f4
  6. #dde6f6
  7. #e4ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f1f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcdec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcdec
  2. #b5c5e1
  3. #afbed6
  4. #a9b6cc
  5. #a3aec1
  6. #9ea7b6
  7. #989fab
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c8f96
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ccd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ceee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becaeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ceed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcbec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d1e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcdec {
  color: #bbcdec;
}
Background
.bg-bbcdec {
  background-color: #bbcdec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcdec {
  border: 2px solid #bbcdec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcdec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 205 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 56% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcdec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcdec, #c1bbec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcdec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 205 236 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.74 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.65 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.76 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.39 #443213 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcdec  rgb(187, 205, 236)  hsl(218, 56%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ecdabb  rgb(236, 218, 187)  hsl(38, 56%, 83%)  Champagne
#ecbbcd  rgb(236, 187, 205)  hsl(338, 56%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cdecbb  rgb(205, 236, 187)  hsl(98, 56%, 83%)  Tea Green