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#B2CEED

#b2ceed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b2ceed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 80.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.89% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 211.53°, with 62.11% saturation and 81.37% 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 12.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.5972

Complementary

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #edd1b2

Split complementary

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #edb3b2
  3. #ebedb2

Analogous

  1. #b2ebed
  2. #b2ceed
  3. #b3b2ed

Triadic

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #edb2ce
  3. #ceedb2

Tetradic

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #d1b2ed
  3. #edd1b2
  4. #ceedb2

Square

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #edb2eb
  3. #edd1b2
  4. #b2edb3

Monochromatic

  1. #367fd0
  2. #74a7df
  3. #b2ceed
  4. #eef4fb
  5. #eef4fb

Shades

#b2ceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #a0b9d5
  3. #8ea5be
  4. #7d90a6
  5. #6b7c8e
  6. #596777
  7. #47525f
  8. #353e47
  9. #24292f
  10. #121518
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2ceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #bad3ef
  3. #c1d8f1
  4. #c9ddf2
  5. #d1e2f4
  6. #d9e7f6
  7. #e0ebf8
  8. #e8f0fa
  9. #f0f5fb
  10. #f7fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2ceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2ceed
  2. #adc6e2
  3. #a8bed7
  4. #a3b7cc
  5. #9eafc1
  6. #99a7b7
  7. #949fac
  8. #8f97a1
  9. #8a9096
  10. #85888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2ccd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ceef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc8ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2d5d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcceee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8cbed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9d2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2ceed {
  color: #b2ceed;
}
Background
.bg-b2ceed {
  background-color: #b2ceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2ceed {
  border: 2px solid #b2ceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2ceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 62% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2ceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2ceed, #b3b2ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2ceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.35 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.07 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.34 #4d3112 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b2ceed  rgb(178, 206, 237)  hsl(212, 62%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#edd1b2  rgb(237, 209, 178)  hsl(32, 62%, 81%)  Peach Puff
#edb2ce  rgb(237, 178, 206)  hsl(332, 62%, 81%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ceedb2  rgb(206, 237, 178)  hsl(92, 62%, 81%)  Tea Green