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#bbceed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbceed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.1% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 217.2°, with 58.14% saturation and 83.14% 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 13.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.6082

Complementary

  1. #bbceed
  2. #eddabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbceed
  2. #edc1bb
  3. #e7edbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe7ed
  2. #bbceed
  3. #c1bbed

Triadic

  1. #bbceed
  2. #edbbce
  3. #ceedbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbceed
  2. #dabbed
  3. #eddabb
  4. #ceedbb

Square

  1. #bbceed
  2. #edbbe7
  3. #eddabb
  4. #bbedc1

Monochromatic

  1. #4277cd
  2. #7fa2dd
  3. #bbceed
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bbceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbceed
  2. #a8b9d5
  3. #96a5be
  4. #8390a6
  5. #707c8e
  6. #5e6777
  7. #4b525f
  8. #383e47
  9. #25292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbceed
  2. #c2d3ef
  3. #c9d8f1
  4. #cfddf2
  5. #d6e2f4
  6. #dde7f6
  7. #e4ebf8
  8. #ebf0fa
  9. #f1f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbceed
  2. #b5c6e2
  3. #afbed7
  4. #a9b7cc
  5. #a3afc1
  6. #9ea7b7
  7. #989fac
  8. #9297a1
  9. #8c9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cdda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcbec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aed4d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0cfee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbceed {
  color: #bbceed;
}
Background
.bg-bbceed {
  background-color: #bbceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbceed {
  border: 2px solid #bbceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 58% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbceed, #c1bbed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.17 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.20 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.98 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.88 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.23 #443112 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbceed  rgb(187, 206, 237)  hsl(217, 58%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eddabb  rgb(237, 218, 187)  hsl(37, 58%, 83%)  Champagne
#edbbce  rgb(237, 187, 206)  hsl(337, 58%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceedbb  rgb(206, 237, 187)  hsl(97, 58%, 83%)  Tea Green