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#B0CBFD

#b0cbfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b0cbfd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 79.61% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.43% cyan, 19.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 218.96°, with 95.06% saturation and 84.12% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.05.

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Relative luminance0.5903

Complementary

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #fde2b0

Split complementary

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #fdbcb0
  3. #f2fdb0

Analogous

  1. #b0f2fd
  2. #b0cbfd
  3. #bcb0fd

Triadic

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #fdb0cb
  3. #cbfdb0

Tetradic

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #e2b0fd
  3. #fde2b0
  4. #cbfdb0

Square

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #fdb0f2
  3. #fde2b0
  4. #b0fdbc

Monochromatic

  1. #1b69f9
  2. #659afb
  3. #b0cbfd
  4. #ebf2fe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#b0cbfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #9eb7e4
  3. #8da2ca
  4. #7b8eb1
  5. #6a7a98
  6. #58667f
  7. #465165
  8. #353d4c
  9. #232933
  10. #121419
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0cbfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #b8d0fd
  3. #c0d5fd
  4. #c8dbfe
  5. #d0e0fe
  6. #d8e5fe
  7. #dfeafe
  8. #e7effe
  9. #eff5ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0cbfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0cbfd
  2. #abc4f1
  3. #a6bce4
  4. #a2b5d8
  5. #9dadcb
  6. #98a6bf
  7. #939eb2
  8. #8e97a6
  9. #8a8f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0cae0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baceff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c7fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ad5dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6cdfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2c8fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3d1ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0cbfd {
  color: #b0cbfd;
}
Background
.bg-b0cbfd {
  background-color: #b0cbfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0cbfd {
  border: 2px solid #b0cbfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0cbfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 203 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0cbfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0cbfd, #bcb0fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0cbfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 203 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.05 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.19 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.38 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.37 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.06 #4f3402 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b0cbfd  rgb(176, 203, 253)  hsl(219, 95%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde2b0  rgb(253, 226, 176)  hsl(39, 95%, 84%)  Peach
#fdb0cb  rgb(253, 176, 203)  hsl(339, 95%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cbfdb0  rgb(203, 253, 176)  hsl(99, 95%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple