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#B4C8CA

#b4c8ca ≈ Pastel Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4c8ca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 78.43% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.89% cyan, 0.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 185.45°, with 17.19% saturation and 74.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.5528

Complementary

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #cab6b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #cab4bd
  3. #cac1b4

Analogous

  1. #b4cac1
  2. #b4c8ca
  3. #b4bdca

Triadic

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #cab4c8
  3. #c8cab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #b6b4ca
  3. #cab6b4
  4. #c8cab4

Square

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #c1b4ca
  3. #cab6b4
  4. #bdcab4

Monochromatic

  1. #5f8386
  2. #87a7aa
  3. #b4c8ca
  4. #e1e9ea
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#b4c8ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #a2b4b6
  3. #90a0a2
  4. #7e8c8d
  5. #6c7879
  6. #5a6465
  7. #485051
  8. #363c3d
  9. #242828
  10. #121414
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4c8ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #bccecf
  3. #c3d3d5
  4. #cbd9da
  5. #d2dedf
  6. #dae4e5
  7. #e1e9ea
  8. #e9efef
  9. #f0f4f4
  10. #f8fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4c8ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4c8ca
  2. #afc1c3
  3. #aababb
  4. #a4b2b4
  5. #9fabac
  6. #9aa4a5
  7. #959d9e
  8. #909696
  9. #8a8e8f
  10. #858787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec6c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5c6ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0c3ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aecac9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bec7ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcc5ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0c9c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4c8ca {
  color: #b4c8ca;
}
Background
.bg-b4c8ca {
  background-color: #b4c8ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4c8ca {
  border: 2px solid #b4c8ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4c8ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 200 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 17% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4c8ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4c8ca, #b4bdca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4c8ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 200 202 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 3.22 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 5.53 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.13 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.36 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.55 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.68 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.29 #4b3735 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#b4c8ca  rgb(180, 200, 202)  hsl(185, 17%, 75%)  Pastel Blue
#cab6b4  rgb(202, 182, 180)  hsl(5, 17%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#cab4c8  rgb(202, 180, 200)  hsl(305, 17%, 75%)  Thistle
#c8cab4  rgb(200, 202, 180)  hsl(65, 17%, 75%)  Ash Gray