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#B2BBD3

#b2bbd3 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b2bbd3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 73.33% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.64% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 223.64°, with 27.27% saturation and 76.27% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.59.

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Relative luminance0.4971

Complementary

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #d3cab2

Split complementary

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #d3b9b2
  3. #cbd3b2

Analogous

  1. #b2cbd3
  2. #b2bbd3
  3. #b9b2d3

Triadic

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #d3b2bb
  3. #bbd3b2

Tetradic

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #cab2d3
  3. #d3cab2
  4. #bbd3b2

Square

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #d3b2cb
  3. #d3cab2
  4. #b2d3b9

Monochromatic

  1. #566796
  2. #8190b7
  3. #b2bbd3
  4. #e3e6ef
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#b2bbd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #a0a8be
  3. #8e96a9
  4. #7d8394
  5. #6b707f
  6. #595e6a
  7. #474b54
  8. #35383f
  9. #24252a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2bbd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #bac2d7
  3. #c1c9dc
  4. #c9cfe0
  5. #d1d6e5
  6. #d9dde9
  7. #e0e4ed
  8. #e8ebf2
  9. #f0f1f6
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2bbd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2bbd3
  2. #adb5cb
  3. #a8afc2
  4. #a3a9ba
  5. #9ea3b2
  6. #999eaa
  7. #9498a1
  8. #8f9299
  9. #8a8c91
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bbc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4bdd4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2bad2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aabfc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3bcd4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bad3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aebec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2bbd3 {
  color: #b2bbd3;
}
Background
.bg-b2bbd3 {
  background-color: #b2bbd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2bbd3 {
  border: 2px solid #b2bbd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2bbd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 187 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 27% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2bbd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2bbd3, #b9b2d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2bbd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 187 211 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.15 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.19 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.53 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.23 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.36 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.53 #4d442c Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b2bbd3  rgb(178, 187, 211)  hsl(224, 27%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#d3cab2  rgb(211, 202, 178)  hsl(44, 27%, 76%)  Bone
#d3b2bb  rgb(211, 178, 187)  hsl(344, 27%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bbd3b2  rgb(187, 211, 178)  hsl(104, 27%, 76%)  Celadon