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#B0B0CA

#b0b0ca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b0b0ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 69.02% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.87% cyan, 12.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 19.7% saturation and 74.12% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.4455

Complementary

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #cacab0

Split complementary

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #cabdb0
  3. #bdcab0

Analogous

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #b0b0ca
  3. #bdb0ca

Triadic

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #cab0b0
  3. #b0cab0

Tetradic

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #cab0ca
  3. #cacab0
  4. #b0cab0

Square

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #cab0bd
  3. #cacab0
  4. #b0cabd

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5a87
  2. #8282ab
  3. #b0b0ca
  4. #dedee9
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#b0b0ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #9e9eb6
  3. #8d8da2
  4. #7b7b8d
  5. #6a6a79
  6. #585865
  7. #464651
  8. #35353d
  9. #232328
  10. #121214
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0b0ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #b8b8cf
  3. #c0c0d5
  4. #c8c8da
  5. #d0d0df
  6. #d8d8e5
  7. #dfdfea
  8. #e7e7ef
  9. #efeff4
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0b0ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0b0ca
  2. #ababc3
  3. #a6a6bb
  4. #a2a2b4
  5. #9d9dac
  6. #9898a5
  7. #93939e
  8. #8e8e96
  9. #8a8a8f
  10. #858587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aab3cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b1c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abb4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb2cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb1ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #adb3c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0b0ca {
  color: #b0b0ca;
}
Background
.bg-b0b0ca {
  background-color: #b0b0ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0b0ca {
  border: 2px solid #b0b0ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0b0ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 176 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 20% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0b0ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0b0ca, #bdb0ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0b0ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 176 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.06 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.98 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.00 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.59 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.77 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.29 #4f4f35 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b0b0ca  rgb(176, 176, 202)  hsl(240, 20%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cacab0  rgb(202, 202, 176)  hsl(60, 20%, 74%)  Pearl
#cab0b0  rgb(202, 176, 176)  hsl(0, 20%, 74%)  Silver Pink
#b0cab0  rgb(176, 202, 176)  hsl(120, 20%, 74%)  Opal