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#BFCEEB

#bfceeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfceeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.72% cyan, 12.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 219.55°, with 52.38% saturation and 83.53% 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 13.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.6122

Complementary

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #ebdcbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #ebc6bf
  3. #e4ebbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe4eb
  2. #bfceeb
  3. #c6bfeb

Triadic

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #ebbfce
  3. #ceebbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #dcbfeb
  3. #ebdcbf
  4. #ceebbf

Square

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #ebbfe4
  3. #ebdcbf
  4. #bfebc6

Monochromatic

  1. #4a75c7
  2. #85a1d9
  3. #bfceeb
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bfceeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #acb9d4
  3. #99a5bc
  4. #8690a5
  5. #737c8d
  6. #606776
  7. #4c525e
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfceeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #c5d3ed
  3. #ccd8ef
  4. #d2ddf1
  5. #d9e2f3
  6. #dfe7f5
  7. #e5ebf7
  8. #ecf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfceeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfceeb
  2. #b9c6e0
  3. #b2bed6
  4. #acb7cb
  5. #a6afc0
  6. #a0a7b6
  7. #999fab
  8. #9397a0
  9. #8d9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8ceda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d0ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1cbea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3cfec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfceeb {
  color: #bfceeb;
}
Background
.bg-bfceeb {
  background-color: #bfceeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfceeb {
  border: 2px solid #bfceeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfceeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 206 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 52% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfceeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfceeb, #c6bfeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfceeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 206 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.64 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.53 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.82 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.87 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.51 #403114 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfceeb  rgb(191, 206, 235)  hsl(220, 52%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebdcbf  rgb(235, 220, 191)  hsl(40, 52%, 84%)  Pearl
#ebbfce  rgb(235, 191, 206)  hsl(340, 52%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#ceebbf  rgb(206, 235, 191)  hsl(100, 52%, 84%)  Tea Green