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#B4BED2

#b4bed2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4bed2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 74.51% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.29% cyan, 9.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 220°, 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.5118

Complementary

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #d2c8b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #d2b9b4
  3. #cdd2b4

Analogous

  1. #b4cdd2
  2. #b4bed2
  3. #b9b4d2

Triadic

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #d2b4be
  3. #bed2b4

Tetradic

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #c8b4d2
  3. #d2c8b4
  4. #bed2b4

Square

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #d2b4cd
  3. #d2c8b4
  4. #b4d2b9

Monochromatic

  1. #596d94
  2. #8495b5
  3. #b4bed2
  4. #e4e7ef
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#b4bed2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #a2abbd
  3. #9098a8
  4. #7e8593
  5. #6c727e
  6. #5a5f69
  7. #484c54
  8. #36393f
  9. #24262a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4bed2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #bcc5d7
  3. #c3cbdb
  4. #cbd2e0
  5. #d2d8e4
  6. #dadfe9
  7. #e1e5ed
  8. #e9ecf2
  9. #f0f2f6
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4bed2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4bed2
  2. #afb8ca
  3. #aab2c2
  4. #a4abb9
  5. #9fa5b1
  6. #9a9fa9
  7. #9599a1
  8. #909399
  9. #8a8c90
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babec6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bfd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bcd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adc2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6bfd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5bdd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0c0ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4bed2 {
  color: #b4bed2;
}
Background
.bg-b4bed2 {
  background-color: #b4bed2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4bed2 {
  border: 2px solid #b4bed2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4bed2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 190 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 25% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4bed2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4bed2, #b9b4d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4bed2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 190 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.75 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.80 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.59 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.74 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.05 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.43 #4b412d Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4bed2  rgb(180, 190, 210)  hsl(220, 25%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#d2c8b4  rgb(210, 200, 180)  hsl(40, 25%, 76%)  Bone
#d2b4be  rgb(210, 180, 190)  hsl(340, 25%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bed2b4  rgb(190, 210, 180)  hsl(100, 25%, 76%)  Tea Green