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#bfceea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfceea is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 80.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.38% cyan, 11.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 219.07°, with 50.59% 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 13.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.6116

Complementary

  1. #bfceea
  2. #eadbbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfceea
  2. #eac5bf
  3. #e3eabf

Analogous

  1. #bfe3ea
  2. #bfceea
  3. #c5bfea

Triadic

  1. #bfceea
  2. #eabfce
  3. #ceeabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfceea
  2. #dbbfea
  3. #eadbbf
  4. #ceeabf

Square

  1. #bfceea
  2. #eabfe3
  3. #eadbbf
  4. #bfeac5

Monochromatic

  1. #4c76c4
  2. #85a2d7
  3. #bfceea
  4. #f0f3fa
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#bfceea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfceea
  2. #acb9d3
  3. #99a5bb
  4. #8690a4
  5. #737c8c
  6. #606775
  7. #4c525e
  8. #393e46
  9. #26292f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfceea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfceea
  2. #c5d3ec
  3. #ccd8ee
  4. #d2ddf0
  5. #d9e2f2
  6. #dfe7f5
  7. #e5ebf7
  8. #ecf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfceea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfceea
  2. #b9c6df
  3. #b2bed5
  4. #acb7ca
  5. #a6afc0
  6. #a0a7b5
  7. #999faa
  8. #9397a0
  9. #8d9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1cbe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5d4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3cfeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ccea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfceea {
  color: #bfceea;
}
Background
.bg-bfceea {
  background-color: #bfceea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfceea {
  border: 2px solid #bfceea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfceea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 206 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 51% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfceea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfceea, #c5bfea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfceea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 206 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.83 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.61 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.70 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.92 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.19 #403115 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfceea  rgb(191, 206, 234)  hsl(219, 51%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eadbbf  rgb(234, 219, 191)  hsl(39, 51%, 83%)  Pearl
#eabfce  rgb(234, 191, 206)  hsl(339, 51%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceeabf  rgb(206, 234, 191)  hsl(99, 51%, 83%)  Tea Green