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#BBDDFA

#bbddfa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbddfa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 11.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.62°, 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 14.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.6918

Complementary

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #fad8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #fabbbe
  3. #faf8bb

Analogous

  1. #bbfaf8
  2. #bbddfa
  3. #bbbefa

Triadic

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #fabbdd
  3. #ddfabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #d8bbfa
  3. #fad8bb
  4. #ddfabb

Square

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #f8bbfa
  3. #fad8bb
  4. #befabb

Monochromatic

  1. #2c96f0
  2. #74b9f5
  3. #bbddfa
  4. #ecf5fe
  5. #ecf5fe

Shades

#bbddfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #a8c7e1
  3. #96b1c8
  4. #839baf
  5. #708596
  6. #5e6f7d
  7. #4b5864
  8. #38424b
  9. #252c32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbddfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #c2e0fb
  3. #c9e4fb
  4. #cfe7fc
  5. #d6ebfc
  6. #ddeefd
  7. #e4f1fd
  8. #ebf5fe
  9. #f1f8fe
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbddfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbddfa
  2. #b5d4ee
  3. #afcae2
  4. #a9c1d5
  5. #a3b8c9
  6. #9eafbd
  7. #98a5b1
  8. #929ca5
  9. #8c9398
  10. #86898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cedae7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ddfb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9e4e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9ddfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d9fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1e1ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbddfa {
  color: #bbddfa;
}
Background
.bg-bbddfa {
  background-color: #bbddfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbddfa {
  border: 2px solid #bbddfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbddfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 221 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbddfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbddfa, #bbbefa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbddfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 221 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.09 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.15 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.84 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.41 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.98 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.25 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.76 #442205 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbddfa  rgb(187, 221, 250)  hsl(208, 86%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#fad8bb  rgb(250, 216, 187)  hsl(28, 86%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#fabbdd  rgb(250, 187, 221)  hsl(328, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ddfabb  rgb(221, 250, 187)  hsl(88, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green