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#B4D5FC

#b4d5fc ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4d5fc 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, 83.53% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.57% cyan, 15.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 212.5°, with 92.31% saturation and 84.71% 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 13.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.6432

Complementary

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #fcdbb4

Split complementary

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #fcb7b4
  3. #f9fcb4

Analogous

  1. #b4f9fc
  2. #b4d5fc
  3. #b7b4fc

Triadic

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #fcb4d5
  3. #d5fcb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #dbb4fc
  3. #fcdbb4
  4. #d5fcb4

Square

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #fcb4f9
  3. #fcdbb4
  4. #b4fcb7

Monochromatic

  1. #2183f6
  2. #6aacf9
  3. #b4d5fc
  4. #ebf4fe
  5. #ebf4fe

Shades

#b4d5fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #a2c0e3
  3. #90aaca
  4. #7e95b0
  5. #6c8097
  6. #5a6b7e
  7. #485565
  8. #36404c
  9. #242b32
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4d5fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #bcd9fc
  3. #c3ddfd
  4. #cbe2fd
  5. #d2e6fd
  6. #daeafe
  7. #e1eefe
  8. #e9f2fe
  9. #f0f7fe
  10. #f8fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4d5fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4d5fc
  2. #afcdf0
  3. #aac4e3
  4. #a4bcd7
  5. #9fb3ca
  6. #9aabbe
  7. #95a2b2
  8. #909aa5
  9. #8a9199
  10. #85898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d3e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d6fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fdee2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0d6fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bad1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8daed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4d5fc {
  color: #b4d5fc;
}
Background
.bg-b4d5fc {
  background-color: #b4d5fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4d5fc {
  border: 2px solid #b4d5fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4d5fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 213 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 92% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4d5fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4d5fc, #b7b4fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4d5fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 213 252 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.66 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.32 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.93 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.33 #4b2a03 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4d5fc  rgb(180, 213, 252)  hsl(213, 92%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#fcdbb4  rgb(252, 219, 180)  hsl(33, 92%, 85%)  Sunset
#fcb4d5  rgb(252, 180, 213)  hsl(333, 92%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d5fcb4  rgb(213, 252, 180)  hsl(93, 92%, 85%)  Tea Green