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#B3C4E3

#b3c4e3 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b3c4e3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 76.86% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.15% cyan, 13.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 218.75°, with 46.15% saturation and 79.61% 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 11.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.51.

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Relative luminance0.5461

Complementary

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #e3d2b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #e3bab3
  3. #dce3b3

Analogous

  1. #b3dce3
  2. #b3c4e3
  3. #bab3e3

Triadic

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #e3b3c4
  3. #c4e3b3

Tetradic

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #d2b3e3
  3. #e3d2b3
  4. #c4e3b3

Square

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #e3b3dc
  3. #e3d2b3
  4. #b3e3ba

Monochromatic

  1. #446db9
  2. #7b99ce
  3. #b3c4e3
  4. #ebeff8
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#b3c4e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #a1b0cc
  3. #8f9db6
  4. #7d899f
  5. #6b7688
  6. #5a6272
  7. #484e5b
  8. #363b44
  9. #24272d
  10. #121417
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3c4e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #bbcae6
  3. #c2d0e9
  4. #cad6eb
  5. #d1dcee
  6. #d9e2f1
  7. #e1e7f4
  8. #e8edf7
  9. #f0f3f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3c4e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3c4e3
  2. #aebdd9
  3. #a9b6cf
  4. #a4b0c5
  5. #9fa9bb
  6. #9aa2b2
  7. #949ba8
  8. #8f949e
  9. #8a8e94
  10. #85878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc3d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bac6e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c1e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7cace ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c5e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5c2e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acc8d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3c4e3 {
  color: #b3c4e3;
}
Background
.bg-b3c4e3 {
  background-color: #b3c4e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3c4e3 {
  border: 2px solid #b3c4e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3c4e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 196 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 46% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3c4e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3c4e3, #bab3e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3c4e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 196 227 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.52 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.48 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.04 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.63 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.38 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.12 #4c3b1c Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b3c4e3  rgb(179, 196, 227)  hsl(219, 46%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#e3d2b3  rgb(227, 210, 179)  hsl(39, 46%, 80%)  Pearl
#e3b3c4  rgb(227, 179, 196)  hsl(339, 46%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c4e3b3  rgb(196, 227, 179)  hsl(99, 46%, 80%)  Tea Green