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#BBDFEB

#bbdfeb ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdfeb 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, 87.45% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.43% cyan, 5.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 54.55% saturation and 82.75% 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 14.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.6934

Complementary

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #ebc7bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #ebbbc7
  3. #ebdfbb

Analogous

  1. #bbebdf
  2. #bbdfeb
  3. #bbc7eb

Triadic

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #ebbbdf
  3. #dfebbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #c7bbeb
  3. #ebc7bb
  4. #dfebbb

Square

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #dfbbeb
  3. #ebc7bb
  4. #c7ebbb

Monochromatic

  1. #45a7c8
  2. #80c3da
  3. #bbdfeb
  4. #eff8fa
  5. #eff8fa

Shades

#bbdfeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #a8c9d4
  3. #96b2bc
  4. #839ca5
  5. #70868d
  6. #5e7076
  7. #4b595e
  8. #384347
  9. #252d2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdfeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #c2e2ed
  3. #c9e5ef
  4. #cfe9f1
  5. #d6ecf3
  6. #ddeff5
  7. #e4f2f7
  8. #ebf5f9
  9. #f1f9fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdfeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdfeb
  2. #b5d6e0
  3. #afccd6
  4. #a9c3cb
  5. #a3b9c0
  6. #9eb0b6
  7. #98a6ab
  8. #929da0
  9. #8c9395
  10. #868a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cedbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7ddec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0d6eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ade3e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cddeeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8daeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3e2e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdfeb {
  color: #bbdfeb;
}
Background
.bg-bbdfeb {
  background-color: #bbdfeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdfeb {
  border: 2px solid #bbdfeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdfeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 223 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 55% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdfeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdfeb, #bbc7eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdfeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 223 235 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.48 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.41 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.50 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.62 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.63 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.39 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.53 #442014 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#bbdfeb  rgb(187, 223, 235)  hsl(195, 55%, 83%)  Light Blue
#ebc7bb  rgb(235, 199, 187)  hsl(15, 55%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#ebbbdf  rgb(235, 187, 223)  hsl(315, 55%, 83%)  Thistle
#dfebbb  rgb(223, 235, 187)  hsl(75, 55%, 83%)  Tea Green