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#BFEBFA

#bfebfa ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfebfa 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, 92.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 195.25°, with 85.51% saturation and 86.47% 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 16.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.774

Complementary

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #facebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #fabfce
  3. #faebbf

Analogous

  1. #bffaeb
  2. #bfebfa
  3. #bfcefa

Triadic

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #fabfeb
  3. #ebfabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #cebffa
  3. #facebf
  4. #ebfabf

Square

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #ebbffa
  3. #facebf
  4. #cefabf

Monochromatic

  1. #31bfef
  2. #78d5f4
  3. #bfebfa
  4. #ecf9fe
  5. #ecf9fe

Shades

#bfebfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #acd4e1
  3. #99bcc8
  4. #86a5af
  5. #738d96
  6. #60767d
  7. #4c5e64
  8. #39474b
  9. #262f32
  10. #131819
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfebfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #c5edfb
  3. #cceffb
  4. #d2f1fc
  5. #d9f3fc
  6. #dff5fd
  7. #e5f7fd
  8. #ecf9fe
  9. #f2fbfe
  10. #f9fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfebfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #b9e0ee
  3. #b2d6e2
  4. #accbd5
  5. #a6c0c9
  6. #a0b6bd
  7. #99abb1
  8. #93a0a5
  9. #8d9598
  10. #868b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6e7ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e8fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8e1fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adf0f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e9fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfe5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5eef4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfebfa {
  color: #bfebfa;
}
Background
.bg-bfebfa {
  background-color: #bfebfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfebfa {
  border: 2px solid #bfebfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfebfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 235 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfebfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfebfa, #bfcefa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfebfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 235 250 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.32 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.50 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.05 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.25 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.59 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.64 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.24 #401405 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#bfebfa  rgb(191, 235, 250)  hsl(195, 86%, 86%)  Light Blue
#facebf  rgb(250, 206, 191)  hsl(15, 86%, 86%)  Zinnwaldite
#fabfeb  rgb(250, 191, 235)  hsl(315, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ebfabf  rgb(235, 250, 191)  hsl(75, 86%, 86%)  Cream