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#B5C1CB

#b5c1cb ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5c1cb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 75.69% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.84% cyan, 4.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 17.46% saturation and 75.29% 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 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 4.7.

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Relative luminance0.5228

Complementary

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #cbbfb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #cbb5b6
  3. #cbcab5

Analogous

  1. #b5cbca
  2. #b5c1cb
  3. #b5b6cb

Triadic

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #cbb5c1
  3. #c1cbb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #bfb5cb
  3. #cbbfb5
  4. #c1cbb5

Square

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #cab5cb
  3. #cbbfb5
  4. #b6cbb5

Monochromatic

  1. #5f7588
  2. #889bab
  3. #b5c1cb
  4. #e2e7eb
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#b5c1cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #a3aeb7
  3. #919aa2
  4. #7f878e
  5. #6d747a
  6. #5b6166
  7. #484d51
  8. #363a3d
  9. #242729
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5c1cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #bcc7d0
  3. #c4cdd5
  4. #cbd4db
  5. #d3dae0
  6. #dae0e5
  7. #e1e6ea
  8. #e9ecef
  9. #f0f3f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5c1cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5c1cb
  2. #b0bbc4
  3. #aab4bc
  4. #a5aeb5
  5. #a0a7ad
  6. #9ba1a6
  7. #959a9e
  8. #909497
  9. #8b8d8f
  10. #858788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc0c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdc1cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #babecb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0c3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bac1cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bfcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2c2c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5c1cb {
  color: #b5c1cb;
}
Background
.bg-b5c1cb {
  background-color: #b5c1cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5c1cb {
  border: 2px solid #b5c1cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5c1cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 193 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 17% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5c1cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5c1cb, #b5b6cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5c1cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 193 203 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.10 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.18 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.86 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.86 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.92 #4a3e34 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#b5c1cb  rgb(181, 193, 203)  hsl(207, 17%, 75%)  Pastel Blue
#cbbfb5  rgb(203, 191, 181)  hsl(27, 17%, 75%)  Silver
#cbb5c1  rgb(203, 181, 193)  hsl(327, 17%, 75%)  Thistle
#c1cbb5  rgb(193, 203, 181)  hsl(87, 17%, 75%)  Ash Gray