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#B2C2EE

#b2c2ee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b2c2ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 76.08% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 18.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 224°, with 63.83% saturation and 81.57% 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 11.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.5422

Complementary

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #eedeb2

Split complementary

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #eec0b2
  3. #e0eeb2

Analogous

  1. #b2e0ee
  2. #b2c2ee
  3. #c0b2ee

Triadic

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #eeb2c2
  3. #c2eeb2

Tetradic

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #deb2ee
  3. #eedeb2
  4. #c2eeb2

Square

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #eeb2e0
  3. #eedeb2
  4. #b2eec0

Monochromatic

  1. #355fd2
  2. #7390e0
  3. #b2c2ee
  4. #eef2fb
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#b2c2ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #a0afd6
  3. #8e9bbe
  4. #7d88a7
  5. #6b748f
  6. #596177
  7. #474e5f
  8. #353a47
  9. #242730
  10. #121318
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2c2ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #bac8f0
  3. #c1cef1
  4. #c9d4f3
  5. #d1daf5
  6. #d9e1f7
  7. #e0e7f8
  8. #e8edfa
  9. #f0f3fc
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2c2ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2c2ee
  2. #adbbe3
  3. #a8b5d8
  4. #a3aecd
  5. #9ea8c2
  6. #99a1b7
  7. #949aac
  8. #8f94a1
  9. #8a8d96
  10. #85878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcc2d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3cad1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4c4ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1c1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9c7dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2c2ee {
  color: #b2c2ee;
}
Background
.bg-b2c2ee {
  background-color: #b2c2ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2c2ee {
  border: 2px solid #b2c2ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2c2ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 194 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 64% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2c2ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2c2ee, #c0b2ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2c2ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 194 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.75 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.96 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.15 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.51 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.41 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.45 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.99 #4d3d11 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b2c2ee  rgb(178, 194, 238)  hsl(224, 64%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#eedeb2  rgb(238, 222, 178)  hsl(44, 64%, 82%)  Wheat
#eeb2c2  rgb(238, 178, 194)  hsl(344, 64%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c2eeb2  rgb(194, 238, 178)  hsl(104, 64%, 82%)  Tea Green