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#B3E4FE

#b3e4fe ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b3e4fe 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, 89.41% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.53% cyan, 10.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 200.8°, with 97.4% saturation and 84.9% 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 15.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.7223

Complementary

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #fecdb3

Split complementary

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #feb3be
  3. #fef2b3

Analogous

  1. #b3fef2
  2. #b3e4fe
  3. #b3befe

Triadic

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #feb3e4
  3. #e4feb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #cdb3fe
  3. #fecdb3
  4. #e4feb3

Square

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #f2b3fe
  3. #fecdb3
  4. #befeb3

Monochromatic

  1. #1caefc
  2. #67c9fd
  3. #b3e4fe
  4. #ebf8ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#b3e4fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #a1cde5
  3. #8fb6cb
  4. #7da0b2
  5. #6b8998
  6. #5a727f
  7. #485b66
  8. #36444c
  9. #242e33
  10. #121719
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3e4fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #bbe7fe
  3. #c2e9fe
  4. #caecfe
  5. #d1effe
  6. #d9f2ff
  7. #e1f4ff
  8. #e8f7ff
  9. #f0faff
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3e4fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3e4fe
  2. #aedaf1
  3. #a9d0e5
  4. #a4c6d8
  5. #9fbccc
  6. #9ab2bf
  7. #94a8b2
  8. #8f9ea6
  9. #8a9499
  10. #858a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cde0eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7e2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd9fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bebec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cae3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3defe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5e8f3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3e4fe {
  color: #b3e4fe;
}
Background
.bg-b3e4fe {
  background-color: #b3e4fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3e4fe {
  border: 2px solid #b3e4fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3e4fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 228 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 97% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3e4fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3e4fe, #b3befe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3e4fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 228 254 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.24 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.93 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.15 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.42 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.46 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.89 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.45 #4c1b01 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b3e4fe  rgb(179, 228, 254)  hsl(201, 97%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#fecdb3  rgb(254, 205, 179)  hsl(21, 97%, 85%)  Apricot
#feb3e4  rgb(254, 179, 228)  hsl(321, 97%, 85%)  Carnation Pink
#e4feb3  rgb(228, 254, 179)  hsl(81, 97%, 85%)  Tea Green