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#B5B8DE

#b5b8de ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5b8de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 72.16% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.47% cyan, 17.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 235.61°, with 38.32% saturation and 79.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4938

Complementary

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #dedbb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #dec7b5
  3. #cddeb5

Analogous

  1. #b5cdde
  2. #b5b8de
  3. #c7b5de

Triadic

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #deb5b8
  3. #b8deb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #dbb5de
  3. #dedbb5
  4. #b8deb5

Square

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #deb5cd
  3. #dedbb5
  4. #b5dec7

Monochromatic

  1. #4d54ad
  2. #8085c6
  3. #b5b8de
  4. #eaebf6
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#b5b8de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #a3a6c8
  3. #9193b2
  4. #7f819b
  5. #6d6e85
  6. #5b5c6f
  7. #484a59
  8. #363743
  9. #24252c
  10. #121216
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5b8de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #bcbfe1
  3. #c4c6e5
  4. #cbcde8
  5. #d3d4eb
  6. #dadcef
  7. #e1e3f2
  8. #e9eaf5
  9. #f0f1f8
  10. #f8f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5b8de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5b8de
  2. #b0b2d5
  3. #aaadcb
  4. #a5a7c2
  5. #a0a2b8
  6. #9b9caf
  7. #9596a6
  8. #90919c
  9. #8b8b93
  10. #858689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b9ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aebce0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb9dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acbec5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1badf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b9dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0bccf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5b8de {
  color: #b5b8de;
}
Background
.bg-b5b8de {
  background-color: #b5b8de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5b8de {
  border: 2px solid #b5b8de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5b8de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 184 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 38% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5b8de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5b8de, #c7b5de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5b8de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 184 222 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.71 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.25 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.71 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.73 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.10 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.73 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.07 #4a4721 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b5b8de  rgb(181, 184, 222)  hsl(236, 38%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dedbb5  rgb(222, 219, 181)  hsl(56, 38%, 79%)  Blond
#deb5b8  rgb(222, 181, 184)  hsl(356, 38%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#b8deb5  rgb(184, 222, 181)  hsl(116, 38%, 79%)  Celadon