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#BFCEED

#bfceed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfceed 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, 80.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.41% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 220.43°, with 56.1% saturation and 83.92% 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 13.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.6133

Complementary

  1. #bfceed
  2. #eddebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfceed
  2. #edc7bf
  3. #e5edbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe5ed
  2. #bfceed
  3. #c7bfed

Triadic

  1. #bfceed
  2. #edbfce
  3. #ceedbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfceed
  2. #debfed
  3. #eddebf
  4. #ceedbf

Square

  1. #bfceed
  2. #edbfe5
  3. #eddebf
  4. #bfedc7

Monochromatic

  1. #4873cb
  2. #83a0dc
  3. #bfceed
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bfceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfceed
  2. #acb9d5
  3. #99a5be
  4. #8690a6
  5. #737c8e
  6. #606777
  7. #4c525f
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfceed
  2. #c5d3ef
  3. #ccd8f1
  4. #d2ddf2
  5. #d9e2f4
  6. #dfe7f6
  7. #e5ebf8
  8. #ecf0fa
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfceed
  2. #b9c6e2
  3. #b2bed7
  4. #acb7cc
  5. #a6afc1
  6. #a0a7b7
  7. #999fac
  8. #9397a1
  9. #8d9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ccec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d4d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cfee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8d2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfceed {
  color: #bfceed;
}
Background
.bg-bfceed {
  background-color: #bfceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfceed {
  border: 2px solid #bfceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 56% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfceed, #c7bfed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.17 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.96 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.22 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.67 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.81 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.39 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.13 #403112 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfceed  rgb(191, 206, 237)  hsl(220, 56%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#eddebf  rgb(237, 222, 191)  hsl(40, 56%, 84%)  Pearl
#edbfce  rgb(237, 191, 206)  hsl(340, 56%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#ceedbf  rgb(206, 237, 191)  hsl(100, 56%, 84%)  Tea Green