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#BBDAEE

#bbdaee ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdaee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 8.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 203.53°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 14.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 1.04.

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Relative luminance0.6688

Complementary

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #eecfbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #eebbc0
  3. #eee8bb

Analogous

  1. #bbeee8
  2. #bbdaee
  3. #bbc0ee

Triadic

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #eebbda
  3. #daeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #cfbbee
  3. #eecfbb
  4. #daeebb

Square

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #e8bbee
  3. #eecfbb
  4. #c0eebb

Monochromatic

  1. #4197cf
  2. #7eb9df
  3. #bbdaee
  4. #eff6fb
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#bbdaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #a8c4d6
  3. #96aebe
  4. #8399a7
  5. #70838f
  6. #5e6d77
  7. #4b575f
  8. #384147
  9. #252c30
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #c2def0
  3. #c9e1f1
  4. #cfe5f3
  5. #d6e9f5
  6. #ddedf7
  7. #e4f0f8
  8. #ebf4fa
  9. #f1f8fc
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdaee
  2. #b5d1e3
  3. #afc8d8
  4. #a9bfcd
  5. #a3b6c2
  6. #9eadb7
  7. #98a4ac
  8. #929ba1
  9. #8c9296
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd7e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cad3ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #addfe0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9d9ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d6ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dde6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdaee {
  color: #bbdaee;
}
Background
.bg-bbdaee {
  background-color: #bbdaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdaee {
  border: 2px solid #bbdaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 218 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdaee, #bbc0ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 218 238 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 1.04 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.22 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.99 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.32 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.08 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.08 #442511 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdaee  rgb(187, 218, 238)  hsl(204, 60%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eecfbb  rgb(238, 207, 187)  hsl(24, 60%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#eebbda  rgb(238, 187, 218)  hsl(324, 60%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#daeebb  rgb(218, 238, 187)  hsl(84, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green