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#bfcfec ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcfec 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, 81.18% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.07% cyan, 12.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 218.67°, with 54.22% saturation and 83.73% 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 13.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.6176

Complementary

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #ecdcbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #ecc6bf
  3. #e6ecbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe6ec
  2. #bfcfec
  3. #c6bfec

Triadic

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #ecbfcf
  3. #cfecbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #dcbfec
  3. #ecdcbf
  4. #cfecbf

Square

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #ecbfe6
  3. #ecdcbf
  4. #bfecc6

Monochromatic

  1. #4977c9
  2. #84a3da
  3. #bfcfec
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bfcfec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #acbad4
  3. #99a6bd
  4. #8691a5
  5. #737c8e
  6. #606876
  7. #4c535e
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcfec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #c5d4ee
  3. #ccd9f0
  4. #d2ddf2
  5. #d9e2f4
  6. #dfe7f6
  7. #e5ecf7
  8. #ecf1f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcfec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcfec
  2. #b9c7e1
  3. #b2bfd6
  4. #acb7cc
  5. #a6afc1
  6. #a0a8b6
  7. #99a0ab
  8. #9398a0
  9. #8d9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6d0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2cceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d5d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3d0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1cdec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8d2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcfec {
  color: #bfcfec;
}
Background
.bg-bfcfec {
  background-color: #bfcfec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcfec {
  border: 2px solid #bfcfec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcfec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 207 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 54% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcfec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcfec, #c6bfec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcfec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 207 236 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.31 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.75 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.50 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.84 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.11 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.32 #403013 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcfec  rgb(191, 207, 236)  hsl(219, 54%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ecdcbf  rgb(236, 220, 191)  hsl(39, 54%, 84%)  Pearl
#ecbfcf  rgb(236, 191, 207)  hsl(339, 54%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#cfecbf  rgb(207, 236, 191)  hsl(99, 54%, 84%)  Tea Green