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#BFDBFF

#bfdbff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bfdbff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 85.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.1% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 213.75°, with 100% saturation and 87.45% 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 14.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.16.

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Relative luminance0.6896

Complementary

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #ffe3bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #ffc3bf
  3. #fbffbf

Analogous

  1. #bffbff
  2. #bfdbff
  3. #c3bfff

Triadic

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #ffbfdb
  3. #dbffbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #e3bfff
  3. #ffe3bf
  4. #dbffbf

Square

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #ffbffb
  3. #ffe3bf
  4. #bfffc3

Monochromatic

  1. #2685ff
  2. #72b0ff
  3. #bfdbff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#bfdbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #acc5e6
  3. #99afcc
  4. #8699b3
  5. #738399
  6. #606e80
  7. #4c5866
  8. #39424d
  9. #262c33
  10. #13161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #c5dfff
  3. #cce2ff
  4. #d2e6ff
  5. #d9e9ff
  6. #dfedff
  7. #e5f1ff
  8. #ecf4ff
  9. #f2f8ff
  10. #f9fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdbff
  2. #b9d2f2
  3. #b2c9e6
  4. #acc0d9
  5. #a6b7cc
  6. #a0aec0
  7. #99a4b3
  8. #939ba6
  9. #8d9299
  10. #86898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfd9e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cedcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7d6fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aee3e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8dcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d8ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5e0f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdbff {
  color: #bfdbff;
}
Background
.bg-bfdbff {
  background-color: #bfdbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdbff {
  border: 2px solid #bfdbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 219 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 100% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdbff, #c3bfff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 219 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.24 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.27 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.70 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.82 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.77 #402400 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfdbff  rgb(191, 219, 255)  hsl(214, 100%, 87%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe3bf  rgb(255, 227, 191)  hsl(34, 100%, 87%)  Bisque
#ffbfdb  rgb(255, 191, 219)  hsl(334, 100%, 87%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbffbf  rgb(219, 255, 191)  hsl(94, 100%, 87%)  Tea Green