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#B4D0DD

#b4d0dd ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4d0dd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 81.57% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.55% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 37.61% saturation and 78.63% 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 13.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.77.

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Relative luminance0.6004

Complementary

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #ddc1b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #ddb4bc
  3. #ddd6b4

Analogous

  1. #b4ddd6
  2. #b4d0dd
  3. #b4bcdd

Triadic

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #ddb4d0
  3. #d0ddb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #c1b4dd
  3. #ddc1b4
  4. #d0ddb4

Square

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #d6b4dd
  3. #ddc1b4
  4. #bcddb4

Monochromatic

  1. #4d8dab
  2. #7fafc5
  3. #b4d0dd
  4. #e9f1f5
  5. #f1f6f9

Shades

#b4d0dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #a2bbc7
  3. #90a6b1
  4. #7e929b
  5. #6c7d85
  6. #5a686f
  7. #485358
  8. #363e42
  9. #242a2c
  10. #121516
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4d0dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #bcd5e0
  3. #c3d9e4
  4. #cbdee7
  5. #d2e3eb
  6. #dae8ee
  7. #e1ecf1
  8. #e9f1f5
  9. #f0f6f8
  10. #f8fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4d0dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4d0dd
  2. #afc8d4
  3. #aac0ca
  4. #a4b8c1
  5. #9fb0b8
  6. #9aa8af
  7. #95a0a5
  8. #90989c
  9. #8a9093
  10. #858889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3cdd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9cede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3c9dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9d4d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1cfdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdccdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #add2d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4d0dd {
  color: #b4d0dd;
}
Background
.bg-b4d0dd {
  background-color: #b4d0dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4d0dd {
  border: 2px solid #b4d0dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4d0dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 208 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 38% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4d0dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4d0dd, #b4bcdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4d0dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 208 221 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.77 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 2.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.23 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.12 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.88 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.55 #4b2f22 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b4d0dd  rgb(180, 208, 221)  hsl(199, 38%, 79%)  Columbia Blue
#ddc1b4  rgb(221, 193, 180)  hsl(19, 38%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#ddb4d0  rgb(221, 180, 208)  hsl(319, 38%, 79%)  Thistle
#d0ddb4  rgb(208, 221, 180)  hsl(79, 38%, 79%)  Tea Green