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#bfdff8 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfdff8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.98% cyan, 10.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 206.32°, with 80.28% saturation and 86.08% 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 15.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.7063

Complementary

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #f8d8bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #f8bfc3
  3. #f8f5bf

Analogous

  1. #bff8f5
  2. #bfdff8
  3. #bfc3f8

Triadic

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #f8bfdf
  3. #dff8bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #d8bff8
  3. #f8d8bf
  4. #dff8bf

Square

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #f5bff8
  3. #f8d8bf
  4. #c3f8bf

Monochromatic

  1. #359ae9
  2. #7abdf0
  3. #bfdff8
  4. #edf6fd
  5. #edf6fd

Shades

#bfdff8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #acc9df
  3. #99b2c6
  4. #869cae
  5. #738695
  6. #60707c
  7. #4c5963
  8. #39434a
  9. #262d32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdff8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #c5e2f9
  3. #cce5f9
  4. #d2e9fa
  5. #d9ecfb
  6. #dfeffc
  7. #e5f2fc
  8. #ecf5fd
  9. #f2f9fe
  10. #f9fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdff8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdff8
  2. #b9d6ec
  3. #b2cce0
  4. #acc3d4
  5. #a6b9c8
  6. #a0b0bc
  7. #99a6b0
  8. #939da4
  9. #8d9398
  10. #868a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0dce7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5def9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd8f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afe5e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccdff9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8dbf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6e3ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdff8 {
  color: #bfdff8;
}
Background
.bg-bfdff8 {
  background-color: #bfdff8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdff8 {
  border: 2px solid #bfdff8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdff8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 223 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 80% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdff8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdff8, #bfc3f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdff8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 223 248 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.14 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.48 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.28 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.24 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.36 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.62 #402007 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bfdff8  rgb(191, 223, 248)  hsl(206, 80%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#f8d8bf  rgb(248, 216, 191)  hsl(26, 80%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#f8bfdf  rgb(248, 191, 223)  hsl(326, 80%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dff8bf  rgb(223, 248, 191)  hsl(86, 80%, 86%)  Tea Green