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#BFCDEC

#bfcdec ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcdec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.07% cyan, 13.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 221.33°, with 54.22% saturation and 83.73% 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 13.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.608

Complementary

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #ecdebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #ecc8bf
  3. #e4ecbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe4ec
  2. #bfcdec
  3. #c8bfec

Triadic

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #ecbfcd
  3. #cdecbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #debfec
  3. #ecdebf
  4. #cdecbf

Square

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #ecbfe4
  3. #ecdebf
  4. #bfecc8

Monochromatic

  1. #4971c9
  2. #849fda
  3. #bfcdec
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bfcdec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #acb9d4
  3. #99a4bd
  4. #8690a5
  5. #737b8e
  6. #606776
  7. #4c525e
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcdec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #c5d2ee
  3. #ccd7f0
  4. #d2dcf2
  5. #d9e1f4
  6. #dfe6f6
  7. #e5ebf7
  8. #ecf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcdec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcdec
  2. #b9c5e1
  3. #b2bed6
  4. #acb6cc
  5. #a6aec1
  6. #a0a7b6
  7. #999fab
  8. #9397a0
  9. #8d8f96
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7cdda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ceed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfccec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9d1e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcdec {
  color: #bfcdec;
}
Background
.bg-bfcdec {
  background-color: #bfcdec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcdec {
  border: 2px solid #bfcdec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcdec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 205 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 54% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcdec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcdec, #c8bfec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcdec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 205 236 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.31 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.74 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.40 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.75 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.06 #403213 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcdec  rgb(191, 205, 236)  hsl(221, 54%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ecdebf  rgb(236, 222, 191)  hsl(41, 54%, 84%)  Pearl
#ecbfcd  rgb(236, 191, 205)  hsl(341, 54%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#cdecbf  rgb(205, 236, 191)  hsl(101, 54%, 84%)  Tea Green