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#BBCEEB

#bbceeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbceeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.43% cyan, 12.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 216.25°, 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 13.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6071

Complementary

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #ebd8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #ebc0bb
  3. #e6ebbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe6eb
  2. #bbceeb
  3. #c0bbeb

Triadic

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #ebbbce
  3. #ceebbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #d8bbeb
  3. #ebd8bb
  4. #ceebbb

Square

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #ebbbe6
  3. #ebd8bb
  4. #bbebc0

Monochromatic

  1. #4579c8
  2. #80a3da
  3. #bbceeb
  4. #eff4fa
  5. #eff4fa

Shades

#bbceeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #a8b9d4
  3. #96a5bc
  4. #8390a5
  5. #707c8d
  6. #5e6776
  7. #4b525e
  8. #383e47
  9. #25292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbceeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #c2d3ed
  3. #c9d8ef
  4. #cfddf1
  5. #d6e2f3
  6. #dde7f5
  7. #e4ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f1f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbceeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbceeb
  2. #b5c6e0
  3. #afbed6
  4. #a9b7cb
  5. #a3afc0
  6. #9ea7b6
  7. #989fab
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0caea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1cfec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #becceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbceeb {
  color: #bbceeb;
}
Background
.bg-bbceeb {
  background-color: #bbceeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbceeb {
  border: 2px solid #bbceeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbceeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 55% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbceeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbceeb, #c0bbeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbceeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.88 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.54 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.64 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.17 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.57 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.86 #443114 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbceeb  rgb(187, 206, 235)  hsl(216, 55%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebd8bb  rgb(235, 216, 187)  hsl(36, 55%, 83%)  Champagne
#ebbbce  rgb(235, 187, 206)  hsl(336, 55%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceebbb  rgb(206, 235, 187)  hsl(96, 55%, 83%)  Tea Green