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#B4CEF5

#b4cef5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4cef5 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 80.78% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.53% cyan, 15.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 216°, with 76.47% saturation and 83.33% 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 13.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.34.

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Relative luminance0.6044

Complementary

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #f5dbb4

Split complementary

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #f5bab4
  3. #eef5b4

Analogous

  1. #b4eef5
  2. #b4cef5
  3. #bab4f5

Triadic

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #f5b4ce
  3. #cef5b4

Tetradic

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #dbb4f5
  3. #f5dbb4
  4. #cef5b4

Square

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #f5b4ee
  3. #f5dbb4
  4. #b4f5ba

Monochromatic

  1. #2d76e3
  2. #70a2ec
  3. #b4cef5
  4. #edf3fd
  5. #edf3fd

Shades

#b4cef5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #a2b9dd
  3. #90a5c4
  4. #7e90ac
  5. #6c7c93
  6. #5a677b
  7. #485262
  8. #363e4a
  9. #242931
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4cef5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #bcd3f6
  3. #c3d8f7
  4. #cbddf8
  5. #d2e2f9
  6. #dae7fa
  7. #e1ebfb
  8. #e9f0fc
  9. #f0f5fd
  10. #f8fafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4cef5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4cef5
  2. #afc6e9
  3. #aabede
  4. #a4b7d2
  5. #9fafc6
  6. #9aa7bb
  7. #959faf
  8. #9097a3
  9. #8a9097
  10. #85888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3cdde ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1d0f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac9f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2d6db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bccff6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8cbf4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aad3e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4cef5 {
  color: #b4cef5;
}
Background
.bg-b4cef5 {
  background-color: #b4cef5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4cef5 {
  border: 2px solid #b4cef5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4cef5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 206 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 76% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4cef5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4cef5, #bab4f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4cef5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 206 245 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.34 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.49 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.71 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.48 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.83 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.03 #4b310a Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4cef5  rgb(180, 206, 245)  hsl(216, 76%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#f5dbb4  rgb(245, 219, 180)  hsl(36, 76%, 83%)  Wheat
#f5b4ce  rgb(245, 180, 206)  hsl(336, 76%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cef5b4  rgb(206, 245, 180)  hsl(96, 76%, 83%)  Tea Green