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#BBD8EA

#bbd8ea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbd8ea 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, 84.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 7.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.98°, 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 14.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.9.

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Relative luminance0.6562

Complementary

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #eacdbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #eabbc1
  3. #eae5bb

Analogous

  1. #bbeae5
  2. #bbd8ea
  3. #bbc1ea

Triadic

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #eabbd8
  3. #d8eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #cdbbea
  3. #eacdbb
  4. #d8eabb

Square

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #e5bbea
  3. #eacdbb
  4. #c1eabb

Monochromatic

  1. #4695c6
  2. #81b6d8
  3. #bbd8ea
  4. #eff6fa
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#bbd8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #a8c2d3
  3. #96adbb
  4. #8397a4
  5. #70828c
  6. #5e6c75
  7. #4b565e
  8. #384146
  9. #252b2f
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #c2dcec
  3. #c9e0ee
  4. #cfe4f0
  5. #d6e8f2
  6. #ddecf5
  7. #e4eff7
  8. #ebf3f9
  9. #f1f7fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd8ea
  2. #b5cfdf
  3. #afc6d5
  4. #a9beca
  5. #a3b5c0
  6. #9eacb5
  7. #98a3aa
  8. #929aa0
  9. #8c9295
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad5dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d7eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d1ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeddde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8d7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dbe3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd8ea {
  color: #bbd8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bbd8ea {
  background-color: #bbd8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bbd8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 216 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd8ea, #bbc1ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 216 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 1.75 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.86 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.97 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.39 #442715 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbd8ea  rgb(187, 216, 234)  hsl(203, 53%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eacdbb  rgb(234, 205, 187)  hsl(23, 53%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#eabbd8  rgb(234, 187, 216)  hsl(323, 53%, 83%)  Thistle
#d8eabb  rgb(216, 234, 187)  hsl(83, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green