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#B0C4DE

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
  • lightsteelblue
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#b0c4de (Light Steel Blue) is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 76.86% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.72% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 213.91°, with 41.07% saturation and 78.04% 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 11.8:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.5398

Complementary

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #decab0

Split complementary

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #deb3b0
  3. #dbdeb0

Analogous

  1. #b0dbde
  2. #b0c4de
  3. #b3b0de

Triadic

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #deb0c4
  3. #c4deb0

Tetradic

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #cab0de
  3. #decab0
  4. #c4deb0

Square

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #deb0db
  3. #decab0
  4. #b0deb3

Monochromatic

  1. #4874ad
  2. #7a9cc7
  3. #b0c4de
  4. #e6ecf5
  5. #f1f4f9

Shades

#b0c4de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #9eb0c8
  3. #8d9db2
  4. #7b899b
  5. #6a7685
  6. #58626f
  7. #464e59
  8. #353b43
  9. #23272c
  10. #121416
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0c4de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #b8cae1
  3. #c0d0e5
  4. #c8d6e8
  5. #d0dceb
  6. #d8e2ef
  7. #dfe7f2
  8. #e7edf5
  9. #eff3f8
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0c4de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0c4de
  2. #abbdd5
  3. #a6b6cb
  4. #a2b0c2
  5. #9da9b8
  6. #98a2af
  7. #939ba6
  8. #8e949c
  9. #8a8e93
  10. #858789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc3ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc5df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c0dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c4df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4c2de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9c7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0c4de {
  color: #b0c4de;
}
Background
.bg-b0c4de {
  background-color: #b0c4de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0c4de {
  border: 2px solid #b0c4de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0c4de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 196 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 41% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0c4de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0c4de, #b3b0de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0c4de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 196 222 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.64 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.99 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.60 #4f3b21 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b0c4de  rgb(176, 196, 222)  hsl(214, 41%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#decab0  rgb(222, 202, 176)  hsl(34, 41%, 78%)  Bone
#deb0c4  rgb(222, 176, 196)  hsl(334, 41%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c4deb0  rgb(196, 222, 176)  hsl(94, 41%, 78%)  Tea Green