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#B1BBCD

#b1bbcd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b1bbcd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 73.33% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.66% cyan, 8.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 218.57°, with 21.88% saturation and 74.9% 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 10.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.493

Complementary

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #cdc3b1

Split complementary

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #cdb5b1
  3. #c9cdb1

Analogous

  1. #b1c9cd
  2. #b1bbcd
  3. #b5b1cd

Triadic

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #cdb1bb
  3. #bbcdb1

Tetradic

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #c3b1cd
  3. #cdc3b1
  4. #bbcdb1

Square

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #cdb1c9
  3. #cdc3b1
  4. #b1cdb5

Monochromatic

  1. #596b8c
  2. #8292af
  3. #b1bbcd
  4. #e0e4eb
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#b1bbcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #9fa8b9
  3. #8e96a4
  4. #7c8390
  5. #6a707b
  6. #595e67
  7. #474b52
  8. #35383e
  9. #232529
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1bbcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #b9c2d2
  3. #c1c9d7
  4. #c8cfdc
  5. #d0d6e1
  6. #d8dde6
  7. #e0e4eb
  8. #e8ebf0
  9. #eff1f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1bbcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1bbcd
  2. #acb5c5
  3. #a7afbe
  4. #a2a9b6
  5. #9da3ae
  6. #999ea7
  7. #94989f
  8. #8f9297
  9. #8a8c8f
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bbc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6bcce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b9cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abbfc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4bbce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bacd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #adbdc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1bbcd {
  color: #b1bbcd;
}
Background
.bg-b1bbcd {
  background-color: #b1bbcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1bbcd {
  border: 2px solid #b1bbcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1bbcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 187 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 22% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1bbcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1bbcd, #b5b1cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1bbcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 187 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.00 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.22 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.45 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.61 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.61 #4e4432 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b1bbcd  rgb(177, 187, 205)  hsl(219, 22%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdc3b1  rgb(205, 195, 177)  hsl(39, 22%, 75%)  Bone
#cdb1bb  rgb(205, 177, 187)  hsl(339, 22%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#bbcdb1  rgb(187, 205, 177)  hsl(99, 22%, 75%)  Ash Gray