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#B0BDCA

#b0bdca ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b0bdca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 74.12% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.87% cyan, 6.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 19.7% saturation and 74.12% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.4989

Complementary

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #cabdb0

Split complementary

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #cab0b0
  3. #cacab0

Analogous

  1. #b0caca
  2. #b0bdca
  3. #b0b0ca

Triadic

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #cab0bd
  3. #bdcab0

Tetradic

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #bdb0ca
  3. #cabdb0
  4. #bdcab0

Square

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #cab0ca
  3. #cabdb0
  4. #b0cab0

Monochromatic

  1. #5a7187
  2. #8297ab
  3. #b0bdca
  4. #dee3e9
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#b0bdca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #9eaab6
  3. #8d97a2
  4. #7b848d
  5. #6a7179
  6. #585f65
  7. #464c51
  8. #35393d
  9. #232628
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0bdca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #b8c4cf
  3. #c0cad5
  4. #c8d1da
  5. #d0d7df
  6. #d8dee5
  7. #dfe5ea
  8. #e7ebef
  9. #eff2f4
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0bdca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0bdca
  2. #abb7c3
  3. #a6b1bb
  4. #a2abb4
  5. #9da5ac
  6. #989fa5
  7. #93989e
  8. #8e9296
  9. #8a8c8f
  10. #858687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bcc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bdcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5baca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aac0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bdca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3bbca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acbfc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0bdca {
  color: #b0bdca;
}
Background
.bg-b0bdca {
  background-color: #b0bdca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0bdca {
  border: 2px solid #b0bdca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0bdca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 189 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 20% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0bdca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0bdca, #b0b0ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0bdca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 189 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.06 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.40 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.38 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.25 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.77 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.77 #4f4235 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b0bdca  rgb(176, 189, 202)  hsl(210, 20%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#cabdb0  rgb(202, 189, 176)  hsl(30, 20%, 74%)  Silver
#cab0bd  rgb(202, 176, 189)  hsl(330, 20%, 74%)  Thistle
#bdcab0  rgb(189, 202, 176)  hsl(90, 20%, 74%)  Ash Gray