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#B1CAE4

#b1cae4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b1cae4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 79.22% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.37% cyan, 11.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 210.59°, with 48.57% saturation and 79.41% 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 12.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.18.

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Relative luminance0.5719

Complementary

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #e4cbb1

Split complementary

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #e4b1b1
  3. #e3e4b1

Analogous

  1. #b1e3e4
  2. #b1cae4
  3. #b1b1e4

Triadic

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #e4b1ca
  3. #cae4b1

Tetradic

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #cbb1e4
  3. #e4cbb1
  4. #cae4b1

Square

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #e4b1e3
  3. #e4cbb1
  4. #b1e4b1

Monochromatic

  1. #417dbb
  2. #78a3d0
  3. #b1cae4
  4. #eaf1f8
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#b1cae4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #9fb6cd
  3. #8ea2b6
  4. #7c8da0
  5. #6a7989
  6. #596572
  7. #47515b
  8. #353d44
  9. #23282e
  10. #121417
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1cae4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #b9cfe7
  3. #c1d5e9
  4. #c8daec
  5. #d0dfef
  6. #d8e5f2
  7. #e0eaf4
  8. #e8eff7
  9. #eff4fa
  10. #f7fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1cae4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1cae4
  2. #acc3da
  3. #a7bbd0
  4. #a2b4c6
  5. #9dacbc
  6. #99a5b2
  7. #949ea8
  8. #8f969e
  9. #8a8f94
  10. #85878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc8d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0cae5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac5e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3d0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bacae5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7c7e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9ceda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1cae4 {
  color: #b1cae4;
}
Background
.bg-b1cae4 {
  background-color: #b1cae4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1cae4 {
  border: 2px solid #b1cae4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1cae4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 202 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 49% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1cae4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1cae4, #b1b1e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1cae4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 202 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.18 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.90 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.18 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.86 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.20 #4e351b Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b1cae4  rgb(177, 202, 228)  hsl(211, 49%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#e4cbb1  rgb(228, 203, 177)  hsl(31, 49%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#e4b1ca  rgb(228, 177, 202)  hsl(331, 49%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cae4b1  rgb(202, 228, 177)  hsl(91, 49%, 79%)  Tea Green