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#B3E2F4

#b3e2f4 ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b3e2f4 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, 88.63% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.64% cyan, 7.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 196.62°, with 74.71% saturation and 82.94% 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 15.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.7051

Complementary

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #f4c5b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #f4b3c1
  3. #f4e6b3

Analogous

  1. #b3f4e6
  2. #b3e2f4
  3. #b3c1f4

Triadic

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #f4b3e2
  3. #e2f4b3

Tetradic

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #c5b3f4
  3. #f4c5b3
  4. #e2f4b3

Square

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #e6b3f4
  3. #f4c5b3
  4. #c1f4b3

Monochromatic

  1. #2dafe1
  2. #70c8ea
  3. #b3e2f4
  4. #edf8fc
  5. #edf8fc

Shades

#b3e2f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #a1cbdc
  3. #8fb5c3
  4. #7d9eab
  5. #6b8892
  6. #5a717a
  7. #485a62
  8. #364449
  9. #242d31
  10. #121718
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3e2f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #bbe5f5
  3. #c2e8f6
  4. #caebf7
  5. #d1eef8
  6. #d9f1fa
  7. #e1f3fb
  8. #e8f6fc
  9. #f0f9fd
  10. #f7fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3e2f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3e2f4
  2. #aed8e8
  3. #a9cedd
  4. #a4c5d1
  5. #9fbbc6
  6. #9ab1ba
  7. #94a7ae
  8. #8f9da3
  9. #8a9497
  10. #858a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccdee5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8dff5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced7f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fe8e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cae0f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3dcf4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e6ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3e2f4 {
  color: #b3e2f4;
}
Background
.bg-b3e2f4 {
  background-color: #b3e2f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3e2f4 {
  border: 2px solid #b3e2f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3e2f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 226 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 75% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3e2f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3e2f4, #b3c1f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3e2f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 226 244 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.64 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.00 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.11 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.08 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.69 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.05 #4c1d0b Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Light Blue
#b3e2f4  rgb(179, 226, 244)  hsl(197, 75%, 83%)  Light Blue
#f4c5b3  rgb(244, 197, 179)  hsl(17, 75%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#f4b3e2  rgb(244, 179, 226)  hsl(317, 75%, 83%)  Plum
#e2f4b3  rgb(226, 244, 179)  hsl(77, 75%, 83%)  Tea Green