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#BCD8EA

#bcd8ea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcd8ea 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, 84.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 7.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.48°, with 52.27% 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 14.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 1.2.

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Relative luminance0.6574

Complementary

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #eacebc

Split complementary

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #eabcc1
  3. #eae5bc

Analogous

  1. #bceae5
  2. #bcd8ea
  3. #bcc1ea

Triadic

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #eabcd8
  3. #d8eabc

Tetradic

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #cebcea
  3. #eacebc
  4. #d8eabc

Square

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #e5bcea
  3. #eacebc
  4. #c1eabc

Monochromatic

  1. #4894c5
  2. #82b6d8
  3. #bcd8ea
  4. #eff6fa
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#bcd8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #a9c2d3
  3. #96adbb
  4. #8497a4
  5. #71828c
  6. #5e6c75
  7. #4b565e
  8. #384146
  9. #262b2f
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcd8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #c3dcec
  3. #c9e0ee
  4. #d0e4f0
  5. #d7e8f2
  6. #deecf5
  7. #e4eff7
  8. #ebf3f9
  9. #f2f7fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcd8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcd8ea
  2. #b6cfdf
  3. #b0c6d5
  4. #aabeca
  5. #a4b5c0
  6. #9eacb5
  7. #98a3aa
  8. #929aa0
  9. #8c9295
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d7eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cad2ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0ddde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8d7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5dbe3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcd8ea {
  color: #bcd8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bcd8ea {
  background-color: #bcd8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcd8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bcd8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcd8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 216 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcd8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcd8ea, #bcc1ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcd8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 216 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 1.20 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 1.49 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.15 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.62 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.80 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.62 #432715 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bcd8ea  rgb(188, 216, 234)  hsl(203, 52%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eacebc  rgb(234, 206, 188)  hsl(23, 52%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#eabcd8  rgb(234, 188, 216)  hsl(323, 52%, 83%)  Thistle
#d8eabc  rgb(216, 234, 188)  hsl(83, 52%, 83%)  Tea Green