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#bfdff5 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfdff5 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 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.04% cyan, 8.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 204.44°, with 72.97% saturation and 85.49% 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 15.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.16.

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Relative luminance0.7044

Complementary

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #f5d5bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #f5bfc4
  3. #f5f0bf

Analogous

  1. #bff5f0
  2. #bfdff5
  3. #bfc4f5

Triadic

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #f5bfdf
  3. #dff5bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #d5bff5
  3. #f5d5bf
  4. #dff5bf

Square

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #f0bff5
  3. #f5d5bf
  4. #c4f5bf

Monochromatic

  1. #3b9de0
  2. #7dbeeb
  3. #bfdff5
  4. #edf6fc
  5. #edf6fc

Shades

#bfdff5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #acc9dd
  3. #99b2c4
  4. #869cac
  5. #738693
  6. #60707b
  7. #4c5962
  8. #39434a
  9. #262d31
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdff5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #c5e2f6
  3. #cce5f7
  4. #d2e9f8
  5. #d9ecf9
  6. #dfeffa
  7. #e5f2fb
  8. #ecf5fc
  9. #f2f9fd
  10. #f9fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdff5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdff5
  2. #b9d6e9
  3. #b2ccde
  4. #acc3d2
  5. #a6b9c6
  6. #a0b0bb
  7. #99a6af
  8. #939da3
  9. #8d9397
  10. #868a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0dce6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6def6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced8f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0e5e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cddef6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8dbf5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6e2ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdff5 {
  color: #bfdff5;
}
Background
.bg-bfdff5 {
  background-color: #bfdff5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdff5 {
  border: 2px solid #bfdff5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdff5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 223 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 73% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdff5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdff5, #bfc4f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdff5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 223 245 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.13 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.72 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.45 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.62 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.71 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.48 #40200a Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bfdff5  rgb(191, 223, 245)  hsl(204, 73%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#f5d5bf  rgb(245, 213, 191)  hsl(24, 73%, 85%)  Unbleached Silk
#f5bfdf  rgb(245, 191, 223)  hsl(324, 73%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dff5bf  rgb(223, 245, 191)  hsl(84, 73%, 85%)  Tea Green