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#bcceed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcceed is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 80.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.68% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 217.96°, with 57.65% 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 13.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.44.

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Relative luminance0.6095

Complementary

  1. #bcceed
  2. #eddbbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcceed
  2. #edc2bc
  3. #e6edbc

Analogous

  1. #bce6ed
  2. #bcceed
  3. #c2bced

Triadic

  1. #bcceed
  2. #edbcce
  3. #ceedbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcceed
  2. #dbbced
  3. #eddbbc
  4. #ceedbc

Square

  1. #bcceed
  2. #edbce6
  3. #eddbbc
  4. #bcedc2

Monochromatic

  1. #4376cd
  2. #80a2dd
  3. #bcceed
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bcceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcceed
  2. #a9b9d5
  3. #96a5be
  4. #8490a6
  5. #717c8e
  6. #5e6777
  7. #4b525f
  8. #383e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcceed
  2. #c3d3ef
  3. #c9d8f1
  4. #d0ddf2
  5. #d7e2f4
  6. #dee7f6
  7. #e4ebf8
  8. #ebf0fa
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcceed
  2. #b6c6e2
  3. #b0bed7
  4. #aab7cc
  5. #a4afc1
  6. #9ea7b7
  7. #989fac
  8. #9297a1
  9. #8c9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cdda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcbec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0d4d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1cfee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #becced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5d2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcceed {
  color: #bcceed;
}
Background
.bg-bcceed {
  background-color: #bcceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcceed {
  border: 2px solid #bcceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 58% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcceed, #c2bced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.44 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.41 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.88 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.60 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.44 #433112 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bcceed  rgb(188, 206, 237)  hsl(218, 58%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eddbbc  rgb(237, 219, 188)  hsl(38, 58%, 83%)  Champagne
#edbcce  rgb(237, 188, 206)  hsl(338, 58%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceedbc  rgb(206, 237, 188)  hsl(98, 58%, 83%)  Tea Green