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#bfdff3 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfdff3 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, 87.45% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.4% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 203.08°, with 68.42% saturation and 85.1% 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 15.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 1.63.

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Relative luminance0.7032

Complementary

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #f3d3bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #f3bfc5
  3. #f3edbf

Analogous

  1. #bff3ed
  2. #bfdff3
  3. #bfc5f3

Triadic

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #f3bfdf
  3. #dff3bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #d3bff3
  3. #f3d3bf
  4. #dff3bf

Square

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #edbff3
  3. #f3d3bf
  4. #c5f3bf

Monochromatic

  1. #3e9fdb
  2. #7fbfe7
  3. #bfdff3
  4. #eef6fc
  5. #eef6fc

Shades

#bfdff3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #acc9db
  3. #99b2c2
  4. #869caa
  5. #738692
  6. #60707a
  7. #4c5961
  8. #394349
  9. #262d31
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdff3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #c5e2f4
  3. #cce5f5
  4. #d2e9f7
  5. #d9ecf8
  6. #dfeff9
  7. #e5f2fa
  8. #ecf5fb
  9. #f2f9fd
  10. #f9fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdff3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdff3
  2. #b9d6e8
  3. #b2ccdc
  4. #acc3d1
  5. #a6b9c5
  6. #a0b0ba
  7. #99a6ae
  8. #939da3
  9. #8d9397
  10. #868a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0dce5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6def4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd8f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1e4e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cddef4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9dbf3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7e2eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdff3 {
  color: #bfdff3;
}
Background
.bg-bfdff3 {
  background-color: #bfdff3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdff3 {
  border: 2px solid #bfdff3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdff3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 223 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 68% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdff3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdff3, #bfc5f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdff3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 223 243 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 1.63 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.13 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.10 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.96 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.18 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.08 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.40 #40200c Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bfdff3  rgb(191, 223, 243)  hsl(203, 68%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#f3d3bf  rgb(243, 211, 191)  hsl(23, 68%, 85%)  Unbleached Silk
#f3bfdf  rgb(243, 191, 223)  hsl(323, 68%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dff3bf  rgb(223, 243, 191)  hsl(83, 68%, 85%)  Tea Green