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#BBCEEA

#bbceea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbceea 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, 80.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 11.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 215.74°, with 52.81% saturation and 82.55% 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 13.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.73.

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Relative luminance0.6065

Complementary

  1. #bbceea
  2. #ead7bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbceea
  2. #eabfbb
  3. #e6eabb

Analogous

  1. #bbe6ea
  2. #bbceea
  3. #bfbbea

Triadic

  1. #bbceea
  2. #eabbce
  3. #ceeabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbceea
  2. #d7bbea
  3. #ead7bb
  4. #ceeabb

Square

  1. #bbceea
  2. #eabbe6
  3. #ead7bb
  4. #bbeabf

Monochromatic

  1. #467ac6
  2. #81a4d8
  3. #bbceea
  4. #eff4fa
  5. #eff4fa

Shades

#bbceea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbceea
  2. #a8b9d3
  3. #96a5bb
  4. #8390a4
  5. #707c8c
  6. #5e6775
  7. #4b525e
  8. #383e46
  9. #25292f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbceea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbceea
  2. #c2d3ec
  3. #c9d8ee
  4. #cfddf0
  5. #d6e2f2
  6. #dde7f5
  7. #e4ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f1f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbceea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbceea
  2. #b5c6df
  3. #afbed5
  4. #a9b7ca
  5. #a3afc0
  6. #9ea7b5
  7. #989faa
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1cfeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beccea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbceea {
  color: #bbceea;
}
Background
.bg-bbceea {
  background-color: #bbceea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbceea {
  border: 2px solid #bbceea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbceea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbceea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbceea, #bfbbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbceea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.73 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.21 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.35 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.82 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.30 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.87 #443115 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbceea  rgb(187, 206, 234)  hsl(216, 53%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ead7bb  rgb(234, 215, 187)  hsl(36, 53%, 83%)  Champagne
#eabbce  rgb(234, 187, 206)  hsl(336, 53%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceeabb  rgb(206, 234, 187)  hsl(96, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green