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#BBDAEB

#bbdaeb ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdaeb 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, 85.49% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.43% cyan, 7.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 201.25°, 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 14.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.46.

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Relative luminance0.6671

Complementary

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #ebccbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #ebbbc2
  3. #ebe4bb

Analogous

  1. #bbebe4
  2. #bbdaeb
  3. #bbc2eb

Triadic

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #ebbbda
  3. #daebbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #ccbbeb
  3. #ebccbb
  4. #daebbb

Square

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #e4bbeb
  3. #ebccbb
  4. #c2ebbb

Monochromatic

  1. #459ac8
  2. #80bada
  3. #bbdaeb
  4. #eff6fa
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#bbdaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #a8c4d4
  3. #96aebc
  4. #8399a5
  5. #70838d
  6. #5e6d76
  7. #4b575e
  8. #384147
  9. #252c2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #c2deed
  3. #c9e1ef
  4. #cfe5f1
  5. #d6e9f3
  6. #ddedf5
  7. #e4f0f7
  8. #ebf4f9
  9. #f1f8fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdaeb
  2. #b5d1e0
  3. #afc8d6
  4. #a9bfcb
  5. #a3b6c0
  6. #9eadb6
  7. #98a4ab
  8. #929ba0
  9. #8c9295
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd7de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd3eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aedfdf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9d9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d6eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dde4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdaeb {
  color: #bbdaeb;
}
Background
.bg-bbdaeb {
  background-color: #bbdaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdaeb {
  border: 2px solid #bbdaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 218 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 55% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdaeb, #bbc2eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 218 235 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.46 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.65 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.09 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.64 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.41 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.59 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.87 #442514 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdaeb  rgb(187, 218, 235)  hsl(201, 55%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#ebccbb  rgb(235, 204, 187)  hsl(21, 55%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#ebbbda  rgb(235, 187, 218)  hsl(321, 55%, 83%)  Thistle
#daebbb  rgb(218, 235, 187)  hsl(81, 55%, 83%)  Tea Green