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#BBDDEA

#bbddea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbddea 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, 86.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 5.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.6°, 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 14.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.55.

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Relative luminance0.6822

Complementary

  1. #bbddea
  2. #eac8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbddea
  2. #eabbc5
  3. #eae0bb

Analogous

  1. #bbeae0
  2. #bbddea
  3. #bbc5ea

Triadic

  1. #bbddea
  2. #eabbdd
  3. #ddeabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbddea
  2. #c8bbea
  3. #eac8bb
  4. #ddeabb

Square

  1. #bbddea
  2. #e0bbea
  3. #eac8bb
  4. #c5eabb

Monochromatic

  1. #46a3c6
  2. #81c0d8
  3. #bbddea
  4. #eff7fa
  5. #eff7fa

Shades

#bbddea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbddea
  2. #a8c7d3
  3. #96b1bb
  4. #839ba4
  5. #70858c
  6. #5e6f75
  7. #4b585e
  8. #384246
  9. #252c2f
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbddea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbddea
  2. #c2e0ec
  3. #c9e4ee
  4. #cfe7f0
  5. #d6ebf2
  6. #ddeef5
  7. #e4f1f7
  8. #ebf5f9
  9. #f1f8fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbddea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbddea
  2. #b5d4df
  3. #afcad5
  4. #a9c1ca
  5. #a3b8c0
  6. #9eafb5
  7. #98a5aa
  8. #929ca0
  9. #8c9395
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cddadf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5dbeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aee1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbdcea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7d8ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3e0e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbddea {
  color: #bbddea;
}
Background
.bg-bbddea {
  background-color: #bbddea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbddea {
  border: 2px solid #bbddea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbddea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 221 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbddea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbddea, #bbc5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbddea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 221 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.55 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.67 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.74 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.00 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.44 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.85 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.49 #442215 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbddea  rgb(187, 221, 234)  hsl(197, 53%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eac8bb  rgb(234, 200, 187)  hsl(17, 53%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#eabbdd  rgb(234, 187, 221)  hsl(317, 53%, 83%)  Thistle
#ddeabb  rgb(221, 234, 187)  hsl(77, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green