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#B2DCFF

#b2dcff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b2dcff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 86.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.2% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 100% saturation and 84.9% 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 14.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6787

Complementary

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #ffd5b2

Split complementary

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #ffb2b5
  3. #fffbb2

Analogous

  1. #b2fffb
  2. #b2dcff
  3. #b2b5ff

Triadic

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #ffb2dc
  3. #dcffb2

Tetradic

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #d5b2ff
  3. #ffd5b2
  4. #dcffb2

Square

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #fbb2ff
  3. #ffd5b2
  4. #b5ffb2

Monochromatic

  1. #1996ff
  2. #65b9ff
  3. #b2dcff
  4. #ebf6ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#b2dcff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #a0c6e6
  3. #8eb0cc
  4. #7d9ab3
  5. #6b8499
  6. #596e80
  7. #475866
  8. #35424d
  9. #242c33
  10. #12161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b2dcff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #bae0ff
  3. #c1e3ff
  4. #c9e7ff
  5. #d1eaff
  6. #d9eeff
  7. #e0f1ff
  8. #e8f5ff
  9. #f0f8ff
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b2dcff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b2dcff
  2. #add3f2
  3. #a8cae6
  4. #a3c0d9
  5. #9eb7cc
  6. #99aec0
  7. #94a5b3
  8. #8f9ca6
  9. #8a9299
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9d9e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cedcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4d3fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ae4e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3dcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdd7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4e1f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b2dcff {
  color: #b2dcff;
}
Background
.bg-b2dcff {
  background-color: #b2dcff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b2dcff {
  border: 2px solid #b2dcff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b2dcff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 220 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b2dcff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2dcff, #b2b5ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b2dcff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 220 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.35 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.61 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.95 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.07 #4d2300 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b2dcff  rgb(178, 220, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd5b2  rgb(255, 213, 178)  hsl(27, 100%, 85%)  Light Apricot
#ffb2dc  rgb(255, 178, 220)  hsl(327, 100%, 85%)  Carnation Pink
#dcffb2  rgb(220, 255, 178)  hsl(87, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green