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#BBD2EA

#bbd2ea ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbd2ea 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, 82.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 10.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 210.64°, 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 13.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.626

Complementary

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #ead3bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #eabcbb
  3. #eaeabb

Analogous

  1. #bbeaea
  2. #bbd2ea
  3. #bcbbea

Triadic

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #eabbd2
  3. #d2eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #d3bbea
  3. #ead3bb
  4. #d2eabb

Square

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #eabbea
  3. #ead3bb
  4. #bbeabc

Monochromatic

  1. #4685c6
  2. #81abd8
  3. #bbd2ea
  4. #eff5fa
  5. #eff5fa

Shades

#bbd2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #a8bdd3
  3. #96a8bb
  4. #8393a4
  5. #707e8c
  6. #5e6975
  7. #4b545e
  8. #383f46
  9. #252a2f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #c2d7ec
  3. #c9dbee
  4. #cfe0f0
  5. #d6e4f2
  6. #dde9f5
  7. #e4edf7
  8. #ebf2f9
  9. #f1f6fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd2ea
  2. #b5cadf
  3. #afc2d5
  4. #a9b9ca
  5. #a3b1c0
  6. #9ea9b5
  7. #98a1aa
  8. #9299a0
  9. #8c9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8d0da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9d2eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4cdea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd7da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4d2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cfea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d5e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd2ea {
  color: #bbd2ea;
}
Background
.bg-bbd2ea {
  background-color: #bbd2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd2ea {
  border: 2px solid #bbd2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 210 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd2ea, #bcbbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 210 234 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.68 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.72 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.35 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.40 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.91 #442d15 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bbd2ea  rgb(187, 210, 234)  hsl(211, 53%, 83%)  Pale Aqua
#ead3bb  rgb(234, 211, 187)  hsl(31, 53%, 83%)  Bisque
#eabbd2  rgb(234, 187, 210)  hsl(331, 53%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d2eabb  rgb(210, 234, 187)  hsl(91, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green