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#BBD2FA

#bbd2fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbd2fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 218.1°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% 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 13.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.28.

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Relative luminance0.6356

Complementary

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #fae3bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #fac4bb
  3. #f1fabb

Analogous

  1. #bbf1fa
  2. #bbd2fa
  3. #c4bbfa

Triadic

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #fabbd2
  3. #d2fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #e3bbfa
  3. #fae3bb
  4. #d2fabb

Square

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #fabbf1
  3. #fae3bb
  4. #bbfac4

Monochromatic

  1. #2c74f0
  2. #74a3f5
  3. #bbd2fa
  4. #ecf2fe
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#bbd2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #a8bde1
  3. #96a8c8
  4. #8393af
  5. #707e96
  6. #5e697d
  7. #4b5464
  8. #383f4b
  9. #252a32
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #c2d7fb
  3. #c9dbfb
  4. #cfe0fc
  5. #d6e4fc
  6. #dde9fd
  7. #e4edfd
  8. #ebf2fe
  9. #f1f6fe
  10. #f8fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd2fa
  2. #b5caee
  3. #afc2e2
  4. #a9b9d5
  5. #a3b1c9
  6. #9ea9bd
  7. #98a1b1
  8. #9299a5
  9. #8c9098
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8d1e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcef9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aadadf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1d3fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdd0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1d7ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd2fa {
  color: #bbd2fa;
}
Background
.bg-bbd2fa {
  background-color: #bbd2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd2fa {
  border: 2px solid #bbd2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 210 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd2fa, #c4bbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 210 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.28 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.42 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.78 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.33 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.99 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.12 #442d05 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbd2fa  rgb(187, 210, 250)  hsl(218, 86%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#fae3bb  rgb(250, 227, 187)  hsl(38, 86%, 86%)  Wheat
#fabbd2  rgb(250, 187, 210)  hsl(338, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d2fabb  rgb(210, 250, 187)  hsl(98, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green