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#B5BFC8

#b5bfc8 ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5bfc8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 74.9% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.5% cyan, 4.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 208.42°, with 14.73% saturation and 74.71% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 5.38.

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Relative luminance0.5126

Complementary

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #c8beb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #c8b5b6
  3. #c8c8b5

Analogous

  1. #b5c8c8
  2. #b5bfc8
  3. #b5b6c8

Triadic

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #c8b5bf
  3. #bfc8b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #beb5c8
  3. #c8beb5
  4. #bfc8b5

Square

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #c8b5c8
  3. #c8beb5
  4. #b6c8b5

Monochromatic

  1. #617383
  2. #8999a7
  3. #b5bfc8
  4. #e1e5e9
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#b5bfc8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #a3acb4
  3. #9199a0
  4. #7f868c
  5. #6d7378
  6. #5b6064
  7. #484c50
  8. #36393c
  9. #242628
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5bfc8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #bcc5ce
  3. #c4ccd3
  4. #cbd2d9
  5. #d3d9de
  6. #dadfe4
  7. #e1e5e9
  8. #e9ecef
  9. #f0f2f4
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5bfc8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5bfc8
  2. #b0b9c1
  3. #aab2ba
  4. #a5acb2
  5. #a0a6ab
  6. #9ba0a4
  7. #95999d
  8. #909396
  9. #8b8d8e
  10. #858687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcbfc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9bdc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c1c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9bfc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bec8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2c0c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5bfc8 {
  color: #b5bfc8;
}
Background
.bg-b5bfc8 {
  background-color: #b5bfc8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5bfc8 {
  border: 2px solid #b5bfc8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5bfc8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 191 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 15% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5bfc8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5bfc8, #b5b6c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5bfc8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 191 200 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.38 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.50 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.60 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.82 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.62 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.62 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.87 #4a4037 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#b5bfc8  rgb(181, 191, 200)  hsl(208, 15%, 75%)  Pastel Blue
#c8beb5  rgb(200, 190, 181)  hsl(28, 15%, 75%)  Silver
#c8b5bf  rgb(200, 181, 191)  hsl(328, 15%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#bfc8b5  rgb(191, 200, 181)  hsl(88, 15%, 75%)  Ash Gray