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#B0BCDA

#b0bcda ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b0bcda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 73.73% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.27% cyan, 13.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 36.21% saturation and 77.25% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.5026

Complementary

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #daceb0

Split complementary

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #dab9b0
  3. #d1dab0

Analogous

  1. #b0d1da
  2. #b0bcda
  3. #b9b0da

Triadic

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #dab0bc
  3. #bcdab0

Tetradic

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #ceb0da
  3. #daceb0
  4. #bcdab0

Square

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #dab0d1
  3. #daceb0
  4. #b0dab9

Monochromatic

  1. #4d66a4
  2. #7c90c2
  3. #b0bcda
  4. #e4e8f2
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#b0bcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #9ea9c4
  3. #8d96ae
  4. #7b8499
  5. #6a7183
  6. #585e6d
  7. #464b57
  8. #353841
  9. #23262c
  10. #121316
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0bcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #b8c3de
  3. #c0c9e1
  4. #c8d0e5
  5. #d0d7e9
  6. #d8deed
  7. #dfe4f0
  8. #e7ebf4
  9. #eff2f8
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0bcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0bcda
  2. #abb6d1
  3. #a6b0c8
  4. #a2aabf
  5. #9da4b6
  6. #989ead
  7. #9398a4
  8. #8e929b
  9. #8a8c92
  10. #858689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bcc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bedb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0bad9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6c2c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bddb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0bbda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aabfce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0bcda {
  color: #b0bcda;
}
Background
.bg-b0bcda {
  background-color: #b0bcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0bcda {
  border: 2px solid #b0bcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0bcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 188 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 36% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0bcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0bcda, #b9b0da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0bcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 188 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.32 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.32 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.19 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.50 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.25 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.46 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.75 #4f4325 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b0bcda  rgb(176, 188, 218)  hsl(223, 36%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#daceb0  rgb(218, 206, 176)  hsl(43, 36%, 77%)  Pearl
#dab0bc  rgb(218, 176, 188)  hsl(343, 36%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#bcdab0  rgb(188, 218, 176)  hsl(103, 36%, 77%)  Celadon