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#bbdbfa ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdbfa 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, 85.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 12.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 209.52°, 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 14.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.6813

Complementary

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #fadabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #fabbbc
  3. #faf9bb

Analogous

  1. #bbfaf9
  2. #bbdbfa
  3. #bbbcfa

Triadic

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #fabbdb
  3. #dbfabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #dabbfa
  3. #fadabb
  4. #dbfabb

Square

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #f9bbfa
  3. #fadabb
  4. #bcfabb

Monochromatic

  1. #2c90f0
  2. #74b5f5
  3. #bbdbfa
  4. #ecf5fe
  5. #ecf5fe

Shades

#bbdbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #a8c5e1
  3. #96afc8
  4. #8399af
  5. #708396
  6. #5e6e7d
  7. #4b5864
  8. #38424b
  9. #252c32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #c2dffb
  3. #c9e2fb
  4. #cfe6fc
  5. #d6e9fc
  6. #ddedfd
  7. #e4f1fd
  8. #ebf4fe
  9. #f1f8fe
  10. #f8fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #b5d2ee
  3. #afc9e2
  4. #a9c0d5
  5. #a3b7c9
  6. #9eaebd
  7. #98a4b1
  8. #929ba5
  9. #8c9298
  10. #86898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdd9e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfdbfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7d4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9e2e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7dbfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3d7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1dfee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdbfa {
  color: #bbdbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bbdbfa {
  background-color: #bbdbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bbdbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 219 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdbfa, #bbbcfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 219 250 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.49 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.26 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.81 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.47 #442405 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bbdbfa  rgb(187, 219, 250)  hsl(210, 86%, 86%)  Pale Aqua
#fadabb  rgb(250, 218, 187)  hsl(30, 86%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#fabbdb  rgb(250, 187, 219)  hsl(330, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbfabb  rgb(219, 250, 187)  hsl(90, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green