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#B3CBFF

#b3cbff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b3cbff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 79.61% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.8% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.05°, with 100% saturation and 85.1% 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 12.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.44.

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Relative luminance0.5952

Complementary

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #ffe7b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #ffc1b3
  3. #f1ffb3

Analogous

  1. #b3f1ff
  2. #b3cbff
  3. #c1b3ff

Triadic

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #ffb3cb
  3. #cbffb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #e7b3ff
  3. #ffe7b3
  4. #cbffb3

Square

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #ffb3f1
  3. #ffe7b3
  4. #b3ffc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1a62ff
  2. #6797ff
  3. #b3cbff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#b3cbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #a1b7e6
  3. #8fa2cc
  4. #7d8eb3
  5. #6b7a99
  6. #5a6680
  7. #485166
  8. #363d4d
  9. #242933
  10. #12141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3cbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #bbd0ff
  3. #c2d5ff
  4. #cadbff
  5. #d1e0ff
  6. #d9e5ff
  7. #e1eaff
  8. #e8efff
  9. #f0f5ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3cbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3cbff
  2. #aec4f2
  3. #a9bce6
  4. #a4b5d9
  5. #9fadcc
  6. #9aa6c0
  7. #949eb3
  8. #8f97a6
  9. #8a8f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2cbe2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baceff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ed5dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cdff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3c9fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7d1eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3cbff {
  color: #b3cbff;
}
Background
.bg-b3cbff {
  background-color: #b3cbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3cbff {
  border: 2px solid #b3cbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3cbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 203 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3cbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3cbff, #c1b3ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3cbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 203 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.32 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.87 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.30 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.02 #4c3400 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b3cbff  rgb(179, 203, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe7b3  rgb(255, 231, 179)  hsl(41, 100%, 85%)  Peach
#ffb3cb  rgb(255, 179, 203)  hsl(341, 100%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cbffb3  rgb(203, 255, 179)  hsl(101, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green