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#B2C5EC

#b2c5ec ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b2c5ec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 77.25% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.58% cyan, 16.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 220.34°, with 60.42% saturation and 81.18% 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 12.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.5545

Complementary

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #ecd9b2

Split complementary

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #ecbcb2
  3. #e2ecb2

Analogous

  1. #b2e2ec
  2. #b2c5ec
  3. #bcb2ec

Triadic

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #ecb2c5
  3. #c5ecb2

Tetradic

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #d9b2ec
  3. #ecd9b2
  4. #c5ecb2

Square

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #ecb2e2
  3. #ecd9b2
  4. #b2ecbc

Monochromatic

  1. #3769ce
  2. #7597dd
  3. #b2c5ec
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#b2c5ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #a0b1d4
  3. #8e9ebd
  4. #7d8aa5
  5. #6b768e
  6. #596376
  7. #474f5e
  8. #353b47
  9. #24272f
  10. #121418
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2c5ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #bacbee
  3. #c1d1f0
  4. #c9d6f2
  5. #d1dcf4
  6. #d9e2f6
  7. #e0e8f7
  8. #e8eef9
  9. #f0f3fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2c5ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2c5ec
  2. #adbee1
  3. #a8b7d6
  4. #a3b0cc
  5. #9ea9c1
  6. #99a3b6
  7. #949cab
  8. #8f95a0
  9. #8a8e96
  10. #85878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc5d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c7ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c2eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3cdd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c6ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3c3eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9cadd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2c5ec {
  color: #b2c5ec;
}
Background
.bg-b2c5ec {
  background-color: #b2c5ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2c5ec {
  border: 2px solid #b2c5ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2c5ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 197 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 60% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2c5ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2c5ec, #bcb2ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2c5ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 197 236 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.24 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.72 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.94 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.88 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.78 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.13 #4d3a13 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b2c5ec  rgb(178, 197, 236)  hsl(220, 60%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#ecd9b2  rgb(236, 217, 178)  hsl(40, 60%, 81%)  Wheat
#ecb2c5  rgb(236, 178, 197)  hsl(340, 60%, 81%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c5ecb2  rgb(197, 236, 178)  hsl(100, 60%, 81%)  Tea Green