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#B3B3DC

#b3b3dc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b3b3dc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 70.2% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.64% cyan, 18.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 36.94% saturation and 78.24% 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 10.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.93.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4699

Complementary

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #dcdcb3

Split complementary

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #dcc8b3
  3. #c8dcb3

Analogous

  1. #b3c8dc
  2. #b3b3dc
  3. #c8b3dc

Triadic

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #dcb3b3
  3. #b3dcb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #dcb3dc
  3. #dcdcb3
  4. #b3dcb3

Square

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #dcb3c8
  3. #dcdcb3
  4. #b3dcc8

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4ea8
  2. #7f7fc4
  3. #b3b3dc
  4. #e7e7f4
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#b3b3dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #a1a1c6
  3. #8f8fb0
  4. #7d7d9a
  5. #6b6b84
  6. #5a5a6e
  7. #484858
  8. #363642
  9. #24242c
  10. #121216
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3b3dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #bbbbe0
  3. #c2c2e3
  4. #cacae7
  5. #d1d1ea
  6. #d9d9ee
  7. #e1e1f1
  8. #e8e8f5
  9. #f0f0f8
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3b3dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3b3dc
  2. #aeaed3
  3. #a9a9ca
  4. #a4a4c0
  5. #9f9fb7
  6. #9a9aae
  7. #9494a5
  8. #8f8f9c
  9. #8a8a92
  10. #858589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b5c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b8de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b5db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aabac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adb6dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb4db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeb7cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3b3dc {
  color: #b3b3dc;
}
Background
.bg-b3b3dc {
  background-color: #b3b3dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3b3dc {
  border: 2px solid #b3b3dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3b3dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 179 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 37% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3b3dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3b3dc, #c8b3dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3b3dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 179 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.93 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.10 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.39 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.72 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.73 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.86 #4c4c23 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b3b3dc  rgb(179, 179, 220)  hsl(240, 37%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcdcb3  rgb(220, 220, 179)  hsl(60, 37%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dcb3b3  rgb(220, 179, 179)  hsl(0, 37%, 78%)  Baby Pink
#b3dcb3  rgb(179, 220, 179)  hsl(120, 37%, 78%)  Celadon