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#b1bfec ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b1bfec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 74.9% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 225.76°, with 60.82% saturation and 80.98% 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 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.53.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5266

Complementary

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #ecdeb1

Split complementary

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #ecc0b1
  3. #ddecb1

Analogous

  1. #b1ddec
  2. #b1bfec
  3. #c0b1ec

Triadic

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #ecb1bf
  3. #bfecb1

Tetradic

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #deb1ec
  3. #ecdeb1
  4. #bfecb1

Square

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #ecb1dd
  3. #ecdeb1
  4. #b1ecc0

Monochromatic

  1. #365ace
  2. #738ddd
  3. #b1bfec
  4. #eff1fb
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#b1bfec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #9facd4
  3. #8e99bd
  4. #7c86a5
  5. #6a738e
  6. #596076
  7. #474c5e
  8. #353947
  9. #23262f
  10. #121318
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1bfec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #b9c5ee
  3. #c1ccf0
  4. #c8d2f2
  5. #d0d9f4
  6. #d8dff6
  7. #e0e5f7
  8. #e8ecf9
  9. #eff2fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1bfec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1bfec
  2. #acb9e1
  3. #a7b2d6
  4. #a2accc
  5. #9da6c1
  6. #99a0b6
  7. #9499ab
  8. #8f93a0
  9. #8a8d96
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bac0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c3ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adbeeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2c7ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c1ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbeeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8c4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1bfec {
  color: #b1bfec;
}
Background
.bg-b1bfec {
  background-color: #b1bfec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1bfec {
  border: 2px solid #b1bfec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1bfec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 191 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 61% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1bfec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1bfec, #c0b1ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1bfec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 191 236 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.53 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.24 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.77 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.86 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.18 #4e4013 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b1bfec  rgb(177, 191, 236)  hsl(226, 61%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ecdeb1  rgb(236, 222, 177)  hsl(46, 61%, 81%)  Vanilla
#ecb1bf  rgb(236, 177, 191)  hsl(346, 61%, 81%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#bfecb1  rgb(191, 236, 177)  hsl(106, 61%, 81%)  Tea Green