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#bfdff9 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfdff9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.29% cyan, 10.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 206.9°, with 82.86% saturation and 86.27% 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 15.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.7069

Complementary

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #f9d9bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #f9bfc2
  3. #f9f6bf

Analogous

  1. #bff9f6
  2. #bfdff9
  3. #bfc2f9

Triadic

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #f9bfdf
  3. #dff9bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #d9bff9
  3. #f9d9bf
  4. #dff9bf

Square

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #f6bff9
  3. #f9d9bf
  4. #c2f9bf

Monochromatic

  1. #3399ec
  2. #79bcf2
  3. #bfdff9
  4. #ecf6fd
  5. #ecf6fd

Shades

#bfdff9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #acc9e0
  3. #99b2c7
  4. #869cae
  5. #738695
  6. #60707d
  7. #4c5964
  8. #39434b
  9. #262d32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfdff9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #c5e2fa
  3. #cce5fa
  4. #d2e9fb
  5. #d9ecfb
  6. #dfeffc
  7. #e5f2fd
  8. #ecf5fd
  9. #f2f9fe
  10. #f9fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfdff9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfdff9
  2. #b9d6ed
  3. #b2cce1
  4. #acc3d5
  5. #a6b9c9
  6. #a0b0bd
  7. #99a6b0
  8. #939da4
  9. #8d9398
  10. #868a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0dce8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5defa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd8f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afe5e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccdffa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8dbf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6e3ef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfdff9 {
  color: #bfdff9;
}
Background
.bg-bfdff9 {
  background-color: #bfdff9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfdff9 {
  border: 2px solid #bfdff9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfdff9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 223 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 83% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfdff9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfdff9, #bfc2f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfdff9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 223 249 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.48 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.66 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.99 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.17 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.50 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.62 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.70 #402006 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bfdff9  rgb(191, 223, 249)  hsl(207, 83%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#f9d9bf  rgb(249, 217, 191)  hsl(27, 83%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#f9bfdf  rgb(249, 191, 223)  hsl(327, 83%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dff9bf  rgb(223, 249, 191)  hsl(87, 83%, 86%)  Tea Green