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#B3DCFF

#b3dcff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b3dcff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 86.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.8% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.63°, with 100% saturation and 85.1% 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 14.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.6799

Complementary

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #ffd6b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #ffb3b6
  3. #fffcb3

Analogous

  1. #b3fffc
  2. #b3dcff
  3. #b3b6ff

Triadic

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #ffb3dc
  3. #dcffb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #d6b3ff
  3. #ffd6b3
  4. #dcffb3

Square

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #fcb3ff
  3. #ffd6b3
  4. #b6ffb3

Monochromatic

  1. #1a96ff
  2. #67b9ff
  3. #b3dcff
  4. #ebf6ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#b3dcff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #a1c6e6
  3. #8fb0cc
  4. #7d9ab3
  5. #6b8499
  6. #5a6e80
  7. #485866
  8. #36424d
  9. #242c33
  10. #12161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3dcff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #bbe0ff
  3. #c2e3ff
  4. #cae7ff
  5. #d1eaff
  6. #d9eeff
  7. #e1f1ff
  8. #e8f5ff
  9. #f0f8ff
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3dcff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3dcff
  2. #aed3f2
  3. #a9cae6
  4. #a4c0d9
  5. #9fb7cc
  6. #9aaec0
  7. #94a5b3
  8. #8f9ca6
  9. #8a9299
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad9e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cedcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4d4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ce4e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4dcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bed7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6e1f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3dcff {
  color: #b3dcff;
}
Background
.bg-b3dcff {
  background-color: #b3dcff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3dcff {
  border: 2px solid #b3dcff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3dcff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 220 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3dcff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3dcff, #b3b6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3dcff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 220 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.39 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.70 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.55 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.47 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.09 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.29 #4c2300 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b3dcff  rgb(179, 220, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd6b3  rgb(255, 214, 179)  hsl(28, 100%, 85%)  Light Apricot
#ffb3dc  rgb(255, 179, 220)  hsl(328, 100%, 85%)  Carnation Pink
#dcffb3  rgb(220, 255, 179)  hsl(88, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green