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#B4BCD2

#b4bcd2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4bcd2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 73.73% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.29% cyan, 10.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 224°, with 25% saturation and 76.47% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.5032

Complementary

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #d2cab4

Split complementary

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #d2bbb4
  3. #cbd2b4

Analogous

  1. #b4cbd2
  2. #b4bcd2
  3. #bbb4d2

Triadic

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #d2b4bc
  3. #bcd2b4

Tetradic

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #cab4d2
  3. #d2cab4
  4. #bcd2b4

Square

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #d2b4cb
  3. #d2cab4
  4. #b4d2bb

Monochromatic

  1. #596994
  2. #8491b5
  3. #b4bcd2
  4. #e4e7ef
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#b4bcd2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #a2a9bd
  3. #9096a8
  4. #7e8493
  5. #6c717e
  6. #5a5e69
  7. #484b54
  8. #36383f
  9. #24262a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4bcd2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #bcc3d7
  3. #c3c9db
  4. #cbd0e0
  5. #d2d7e4
  6. #dadee9
  7. #e1e4ed
  8. #e9ebf2
  9. #f0f2f6
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4bcd2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4bcd2
  2. #afb6ca
  3. #aab0c2
  4. #a4aab9
  5. #9fa4b1
  6. #9a9ea9
  7. #9598a1
  8. #909299
  9. #8a8c90
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bcc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6bdd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bbd1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adc0c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bdd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4bbd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0bec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4bcd2 {
  color: #b4bcd2;
}
Background
.bg-b4bcd2 {
  background-color: #b4bcd2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4bcd2 {
  border: 2px solid #b4bcd2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4bcd2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 188 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 25% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4bcd2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4bcd2, #bbb4d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4bcd2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 188 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.73 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.84 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.95 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.65 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.91 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.19 #4b432d Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4bcd2  rgb(180, 188, 210)  hsl(224, 25%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#d2cab4  rgb(210, 202, 180)  hsl(44, 25%, 76%)  Bone
#d2b4bc  rgb(210, 180, 188)  hsl(344, 25%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bcd2b4  rgb(188, 210, 180)  hsl(104, 25%, 76%)  Tea Green