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#bfdbfa ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfdbfa 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, 85.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 12.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 211.53°, with 85.51% saturation and 86.47% 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 14.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.74.

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Relative luminance0.6864

Complementary

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #fadebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #fac1bf
  3. #f8fabf

Analogous

  1. #bff8fa
  2. #bfdbfa
  3. #c1bffa

Triadic

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #fabfdb
  3. #dbfabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #debffa
  3. #fadebf
  4. #dbfabf

Square

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #fabff8
  3. #fadebf
  4. #bffac1

Monochromatic

  1. #318bef
  2. #78b3f4
  3. #bfdbfa
  4. #ecf4fe
  5. #ecf4fe

Shades

#bfdbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #acc5e1
  3. #99afc8
  4. #8699af
  5. #738396
  6. #606e7d
  7. #4c5864
  8. #39424b
  9. #262c32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #c5dffb
  3. #cce2fb
  4. #d2e6fc
  5. #d9e9fc
  6. #dfedfd
  7. #e5f1fd
  8. #ecf4fe
  9. #f2f8fe
  10. #f9fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdbfa
  2. #b9d2ee
  3. #b2c9e2
  4. #acc0d5
  5. #a6b7c9
  6. #a0aebd
  7. #99a4b1
  8. #939ba5
  9. #8d9298
  10. #86898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ced9e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0dbfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d5f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afe2e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9dbfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d8fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6dfee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdbfa {
  color: #bfdbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bfdbfa {
  background-color: #bfdbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bfdbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 219 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdbfa, #c1bffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 219 250 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.74 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.72 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.79 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.29 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.37 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.98 #402405 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bfdbfa  rgb(191, 219, 250)  hsl(212, 86%, 86%)  Pale Aqua
#fadebf  rgb(250, 222, 191)  hsl(32, 86%, 86%)  Bisque
#fabfdb  rgb(250, 191, 219)  hsl(332, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbfabf  rgb(219, 250, 191)  hsl(92, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green