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#B4BFDE

#b4bfde ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4bfde is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 74.9% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.92% cyan, 13.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 224.29°, with 38.89% saturation and 78.82% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.65.

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Relative luminance0.5224

Complementary

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #ded3b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #debeb4
  3. #d4deb4

Analogous

  1. #b4d4de
  2. #b4bfde
  3. #beb4de

Triadic

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #deb4bf
  3. #bfdeb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #d3b4de
  3. #ded3b4
  4. #bfdeb4

Square

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #deb4d4
  3. #ded3b4
  4. #b4debe

Monochromatic

  1. #4c65ad
  2. #7f92c7
  3. #b4bfde
  4. #e9ecf5
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#b4bfde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #a2acc8
  3. #9099b2
  4. #7e869b
  5. #6c7385
  6. #5a606f
  7. #484c59
  8. #363943
  9. #24262c
  10. #121316
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4bfde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #bcc5e1
  3. #c3cce5
  4. #cbd2e8
  5. #d2d9eb
  6. #dadfef
  7. #e1e5f2
  8. #e9ecf5
  9. #f0f2f8
  10. #f8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4bfde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4bfde
  2. #afb9d5
  3. #aab2cb
  4. #a4acc2
  5. #9fa6b8
  6. #9aa0af
  7. #9599a6
  8. #90939c
  9. #8a8d93
  10. #858689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbbfcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c1df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bedd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aac5c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5c0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3bede ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aec2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4bfde {
  color: #b4bfde;
}
Background
.bg-b4bfde {
  background-color: #b4bfde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4bfde {
  border: 2px solid #b4bfde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4bfde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 191 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 39% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4bfde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4bfde, #beb4de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4bfde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 191 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.65 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.56 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.60 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.93 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.88 #4b4021 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4bfde  rgb(180, 191, 222)  hsl(224, 39%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#ded3b4  rgb(222, 211, 180)  hsl(44, 39%, 79%)  Pearl
#deb4bf  rgb(222, 180, 191)  hsl(344, 39%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#bfdeb4  rgb(191, 222, 180)  hsl(104, 39%, 79%)  Tea Green