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#BBCDEE

#bbcdee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcdee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 218.82°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.604

Complementary

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #eedcbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #eec2bb
  3. #e6eebb

Analogous

  1. #bbe6ee
  2. #bbcdee
  3. #c2bbee

Triadic

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #eebbcd
  3. #cdeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #dcbbee
  3. #eedcbb
  4. #cdeebb

Square

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #eebbe6
  3. #eedcbb
  4. #bbeec2

Monochromatic

  1. #4173cf
  2. #7ea0df
  3. #bbcdee
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bbcdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #a8b9d6
  3. #96a4be
  4. #8390a7
  5. #707b8f
  6. #5e6777
  7. #4b525f
  8. #383e47
  9. #252930
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #c2d2f0
  3. #c9d7f1
  4. #cfdcf3
  5. #d6e1f5
  6. #dde6f7
  7. #e4ebf8
  8. #ebf0fa
  9. #f1f5fc
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcdee
  2. #b5c5e3
  3. #afbed8
  4. #a9b6cd
  5. #a3aec2
  6. #9ea7b7
  7. #989fac
  8. #9297a1
  9. #8c8f96
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ccda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3cff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becaed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aed4d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ceef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcbee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3d1e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcdee {
  color: #bbcdee;
}
Background
.bg-bbcdee {
  background-color: #bbcdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcdee {
  border: 2px solid #bbcdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcdee, #c2bbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.25 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.06 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.85 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.01 #443211 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcdee  rgb(187, 205, 238)  hsl(219, 60%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eedcbb  rgb(238, 220, 187)  hsl(39, 60%, 83%)  Wheat
#eebbcd  rgb(238, 187, 205)  hsl(339, 60%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cdeebb  rgb(205, 238, 187)  hsl(99, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green