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#B0BDE4

#b0bde4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b0bde4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 74.12% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.81% cyan, 17.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 49.06% saturation and 79.22% 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 11.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.5123

Complementary

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #e4d7b0

Split complementary

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #e4bdb0
  3. #d7e4b0

Analogous

  1. #b0d7e4
  2. #b0bde4
  3. #bdb0e4

Triadic

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #e4b0bd
  3. #bde4b0

Tetradic

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #d7b0e4
  3. #e4d7b0
  4. #bde4b0

Square

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #e4b0d7
  3. #e4d7b0
  4. #b0e4bd

Monochromatic

  1. #405fbb
  2. #778dd1
  3. #b0bde4
  4. #e9edf7
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#b0bde4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #9eaacd
  3. #8d97b6
  4. #7b84a0
  5. #6a7189
  6. #585f72
  7. #464c5b
  8. #353944
  9. #23262e
  10. #121317
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0bde4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #b8c4e7
  3. #c0cae9
  4. #c8d1ec
  5. #d0d7ef
  6. #d8def2
  7. #dfe5f4
  8. #e7ebf7
  9. #eff2fa
  10. #f7f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0bde4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0bde4
  2. #abb7da
  3. #a6b1d0
  4. #a2abc6
  5. #9da5bc
  6. #989fb2
  7. #9398a8
  8. #8e929e
  9. #8a8c94
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8bdce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebce3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3c4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bfe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbce3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8c1d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0bde4 {
  color: #b0bde4;
}
Background
.bg-b0bde4 {
  background-color: #b0bde4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0bde4 {
  border: 2px solid #b0bde4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0bde4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 189 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 49% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0bde4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0bde4, #bdb0e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0bde4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 189 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.69 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.51 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.85 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.00 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.40 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.94 #4f421b Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b0bde4  rgb(176, 189, 228)  hsl(225, 49%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4d7b0  rgb(228, 215, 176)  hsl(45, 49%, 79%)  Wheat
#e4b0bd  rgb(228, 176, 189)  hsl(345, 49%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bde4b0  rgb(189, 228, 176)  hsl(105, 49%, 79%)  Celadon