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#B4DAEC

#b4daec ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b4daec is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 85.49% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.73% cyan, 7.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 199.29°, with 59.57% saturation and 81.57% 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 14.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 1.65.

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Relative luminance0.659

Complementary

  1. #b4daec
  2. #ecc6b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4daec
  2. #ecb4be
  3. #ece2b4

Analogous

  1. #b4ece2
  2. #b4daec
  3. #b4beec

Triadic

  1. #b4daec
  2. #ecb4da
  3. #daecb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4daec
  2. #c6b4ec
  3. #ecc6b4
  4. #daecb4

Square

  1. #b4daec
  2. #e2b4ec
  3. #ecc6b4
  4. #beecb4

Monochromatic

  1. #3a9ecd
  2. #77bcdd
  3. #b4daec
  4. #eff7fb
  5. #eff7fb

Shades

#b4daec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4daec
  2. #a2c4d4
  3. #90aebd
  4. #7e99a5
  5. #6c838e
  6. #5a6d76
  7. #48575e
  8. #364147
  9. #242c2f
  10. #121618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4daec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4daec
  2. #bcdeee
  3. #c3e1f0
  4. #cbe5f2
  5. #d2e9f4
  6. #daedf6
  7. #e1f0f7
  8. #e9f4f9
  9. #f0f8fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4daec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4daec
  2. #afd1e1
  3. #aac8d6
  4. #a4bfcc
  5. #9fb6c1
  6. #9aadb6
  7. #95a4ab
  8. #909ba0
  9. #8a9296
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8d6de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d1ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4dfe0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6d9ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1d5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aadde5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4daec {
  color: #b4daec;
}
Background
.bg-b4daec {
  background-color: #b4daec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4daec {
  border: 2px solid #b4daec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4daec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 218 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 60% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4daec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4daec, #b4beec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4daec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 218 236 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 1.65 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.20 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.71 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.03 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.47 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.89 #4b2513 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b4daec  rgb(180, 218, 236)  hsl(199, 60%, 82%)  Columbia Blue
#ecc6b4  rgb(236, 198, 180)  hsl(19, 60%, 82%)  Zinnwaldite
#ecb4da  rgb(236, 180, 218)  hsl(319, 60%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#daecb4  rgb(218, 236, 180)  hsl(79, 60%, 82%)  Tea Green