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#B5BBC9

#b5bbc9 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5bbc9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 73.33% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.95% cyan, 6.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 222°, with 15.62% saturation and 74.9% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.93.

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Relative luminance0.4958

Complementary

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #c9c3b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #c9b9b5
  3. #c5c9b5

Analogous

  1. #b5c5c9
  2. #b5bbc9
  3. #b9b5c9

Triadic

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #c9b5bb
  3. #bbc9b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #c3b5c9
  3. #c9c3b5
  4. #bbc9b5

Square

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #c9b5c5
  3. #c9c3b5
  4. #b5c9b9

Monochromatic

  1. #616b84
  2. #8992a9
  3. #b5bbc9
  4. #e1e4e9
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#b5bbc9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #a3a8b5
  3. #9196a1
  4. #7f838d
  5. #6d7079
  6. #5b5e65
  7. #484b50
  8. #36383c
  9. #242528
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5bbc9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #bcc2ce
  3. #c4c9d4
  4. #cbcfd9
  5. #d3d6df
  6. #dadde4
  7. #e1e4e9
  8. #e9ebef
  9. #f0f1f4
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5bbc9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5bbc9
  2. #b0b5c2
  3. #aaafba
  4. #a5a9b3
  5. #a0a3ac
  6. #9b9ea5
  7. #95989d
  8. #909296
  9. #8b8c8f
  10. #858687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bbc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bcca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bac9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1bebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6bbc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5bac9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2bdc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5bbc9 {
  color: #b5bbc9;
}
Background
.bg-b5bbc9 {
  background-color: #b5bbc9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5bbc9 {
  border: 2px solid #b5bbc9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5bbc9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 187 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 16% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5bbc9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5bbc9, #b9b5c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5bbc9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 187 201 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.93 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.79 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.21 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.29 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.29 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.54 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.55 #4a4436 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b5bbc9  rgb(181, 187, 201)  hsl(222, 16%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#c9c3b5  rgb(201, 195, 181)  hsl(42, 16%, 75%)  Bone
#c9b5bb  rgb(201, 181, 187)  hsl(342, 16%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#bbc9b5  rgb(187, 201, 181)  hsl(102, 16%, 75%)  Ash Gray