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#BBDCED

#bbdced ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdced 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, 86.27% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.1% cyan, 7.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 200.4°, with 58.14% saturation and 83.14% 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 14.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.89.

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Relative luminance0.6787

Complementary

  1. #bbdced
  2. #edccbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdced
  2. #edbbc3
  3. #ede5bb

Analogous

  1. #bbede5
  2. #bbdced
  3. #bbc3ed

Triadic

  1. #bbdced
  2. #edbbdc
  3. #dcedbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdced
  2. #ccbbed
  3. #edccbb
  4. #dcedbb

Square

  1. #bbdced
  2. #e5bbed
  3. #edccbb
  4. #c3edbb

Monochromatic

  1. #429ecd
  2. #7fbddd
  3. #bbdced
  4. #eff7fb
  5. #eff7fb

Shades

#bbdced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdced
  2. #a8c6d5
  3. #96b0be
  4. #839aa6
  5. #70848e
  6. #5e6e77
  7. #4b585f
  8. #384247
  9. #252c2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdced
  2. #c2e0ef
  3. #c9e3f1
  4. #cfe7f2
  5. #d6eaf4
  6. #ddeef6
  7. #e4f1f8
  8. #ebf5fa
  9. #f1f8fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdced
  2. #b5d3e2
  3. #afcad7
  4. #a9c0cc
  5. #a3b7c1
  6. #9eaeb7
  7. #98a5ac
  8. #929ca1
  9. #8c9296
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccd9e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4daee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccd4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ade1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cadbee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6d7ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dfe6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdced {
  color: #bbdced;
}
Background
.bg-bbdced {
  background-color: #bbdced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdced {
  border: 2px solid #bbdced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 220 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 58% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdced, #bbc3ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 220 237 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.33 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.68 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.88 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.03 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.10 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.09 #442312 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdced  rgb(187, 220, 237)  hsl(200, 58%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#edccbb  rgb(237, 204, 187)  hsl(20, 58%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#edbbdc  rgb(237, 187, 220)  hsl(320, 58%, 83%)  Thistle
#dcedbb  rgb(220, 237, 187)  hsl(80, 58%, 83%)  Tea Green