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#BCDDEA

#bcddea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcddea 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, 86.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 5.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 196.96°, 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 14.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.4.

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Relative luminance0.6834

Complementary

  1. #bcddea
  2. #eac9bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcddea
  2. #eabcc6
  3. #eae0bc

Analogous

  1. #bceae0
  2. #bcddea
  3. #bcc6ea

Triadic

  1. #bcddea
  2. #eabcdd
  3. #ddeabc

Tetradic

  1. #bcddea
  2. #c9bcea
  3. #eac9bc
  4. #ddeabc

Square

  1. #bcddea
  2. #e0bcea
  3. #eac9bc
  4. #c6eabc

Monochromatic

  1. #48a2c5
  2. #82bfd8
  3. #bcddea
  4. #eff7fa
  5. #eff7fa

Shades

#bcddea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcddea
  2. #a9c7d3
  3. #96b1bb
  4. #849ba4
  5. #71858c
  6. #5e6f75
  7. #4b585e
  8. #384246
  9. #262c2f
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcddea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcddea
  2. #c3e0ec
  3. #c9e4ee
  4. #d0e7f0
  5. #d7ebf2
  6. #deeef5
  7. #e4f1f7
  8. #ebf5f9
  9. #f2f8fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcddea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcddea
  2. #b6d4df
  3. #b0cad5
  4. #aac1ca
  5. #a4b8c0
  6. #9eafb5
  7. #98a5aa
  8. #929ca0
  9. #8c9395
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cddadf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6dbeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afe1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccdcea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7d8ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4e0e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcddea {
  color: #bcddea;
}
Background
.bg-bcddea {
  background-color: #bcddea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcddea {
  border: 2px solid #bcddea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcddea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 221 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcddea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcddea, #bcc6ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcddea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 221 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.40 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.93 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.52 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.27 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.79 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.66 #432215 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bcddea  rgb(188, 221, 234)  hsl(197, 52%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eac9bc  rgb(234, 201, 188)  hsl(17, 52%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#eabcdd  rgb(234, 188, 221)  hsl(317, 52%, 83%)  Thistle
#ddeabc  rgb(221, 234, 188)  hsl(77, 52%, 83%)  Tea Green