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#bfcdeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcdeb is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 80.39% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.72% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 220.91°, with 52.38% saturation and 83.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.6074

Complementary

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #ebddbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #ebc7bf
  3. #e3ebbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe3eb
  2. #bfcdeb
  3. #c7bfeb

Triadic

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #ebbfcd
  3. #cdebbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #ddbfeb
  3. #ebddbf
  4. #cdebbf

Square

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #ebbfe3
  3. #ebddbf
  4. #bfebc7

Monochromatic

  1. #4a72c7
  2. #859fd9
  3. #bfcdeb
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bfcdeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #acb9d4
  3. #99a4bc
  4. #8690a5
  5. #737b8d
  6. #606776
  7. #4c525e
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcdeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #c5d2ed
  3. #ccd7ef
  4. #d2dcf1
  5. #d9e1f3
  6. #dfe6f5
  7. #e5ebf7
  8. #ecf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcdeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcdeb
  2. #b9c5e0
  3. #b2bed6
  4. #acb6cb
  5. #a6aec0
  6. #a0a7b6
  7. #999fab
  8. #9397a0
  9. #8d8f95
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ceec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcdeb {
  color: #bfcdeb;
}
Background
.bg-bfcdeb {
  background-color: #bfcdeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcdeb {
  border: 2px solid #bfcdeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcdeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 205 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 52% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcdeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcdeb, #c7bfeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcdeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 205 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.11 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.02 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.67 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.51 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.02 #403214 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcdeb  rgb(191, 205, 235)  hsl(221, 52%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebddbf  rgb(235, 221, 191)  hsl(41, 52%, 84%)  Pearl
#ebbfcd  rgb(235, 191, 205)  hsl(341, 52%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#cdebbf  rgb(205, 235, 191)  hsl(101, 52%, 84%)  Tea Green