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#BBDFEE

#bbdfee ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdfee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 6.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.65°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 14.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.36.

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Relative luminance0.6951

Complementary

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #eecabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #eebbc5
  3. #eee3bb

Analogous

  1. #bbeee3
  2. #bbdfee
  3. #bbc5ee

Triadic

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #eebbdf
  3. #dfeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #cabbee
  3. #eecabb
  4. #dfeebb

Square

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #e3bbee
  3. #eecabb
  4. #c5eebb

Monochromatic

  1. #41a5cf
  2. #7ec2df
  3. #bbdfee
  4. #eff7fb
  5. #eff7fb

Shades

#bbdfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #a8c9d6
  3. #96b2be
  4. #839ca7
  5. #70868f
  6. #5e7077
  7. #4b595f
  8. #384347
  9. #252d30
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #c2e2f0
  3. #c9e5f1
  4. #cfe9f3
  5. #d6ecf5
  6. #ddeff7
  7. #e4f2f8
  8. #ebf5fa
  9. #f1f9fc
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdfee
  2. #b5d6e3
  3. #afccd8
  4. #a9c3cd
  5. #a3b9c2
  6. #9eb0b7
  7. #98a6ac
  8. #929da1
  9. #8c9396
  10. #868a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cedce2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7ddef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd6ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ace4e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccdeef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7daee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2e2e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdfee {
  color: #bbdfee;
}
Background
.bg-bbdfee {
  background-color: #bbdfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdfee {
  border: 2px solid #bbdfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 223 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdfee, #bbc5ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 223 238 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.36 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.81 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.78 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.82 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.72 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.50 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #442011 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdfee  rgb(187, 223, 238)  hsl(198, 60%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eecabb  rgb(238, 202, 187)  hsl(18, 60%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#eebbdf  rgb(238, 187, 223)  hsl(318, 60%, 83%)  Thistle
#dfeebb  rgb(223, 238, 187)  hsl(78, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green