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#B5CCE7

#b5cce7 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5cce7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 80% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.65% cyan, 11.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 212.4°, with 51.02% saturation and 80.78% 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 12.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.1.

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Relative luminance0.5878

Complementary

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #e7d0b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #e7b7b5
  3. #e5e7b5

Analogous

  1. #b5e5e7
  2. #b5cce7
  3. #b7b5e7

Triadic

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #e7b5cc
  3. #cce7b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #d0b5e7
  3. #e7d0b5
  4. #cce7b5

Square

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #e7b5e5
  3. #e7d0b5
  4. #b5e7b7

Monochromatic

  1. #417cc2
  2. #7ba4d4
  3. #b5cce7
  4. #eff4fa
  5. #f0f4fa

Shades

#b5cce7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #a3b8d0
  3. #91a3b9
  4. #7f8fa2
  5. #6d7a8b
  6. #5b6674
  7. #48525c
  8. #363d45
  9. #24292e
  10. #121417
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5cce7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #bcd1e9
  3. #c4d6ec
  4. #cbdbee
  5. #d3e0f1
  6. #dae6f3
  7. #e1ebf5
  8. #e9f0f8
  9. #f0f5fa
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5cce7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5cce7
  2. #b0c4dd
  3. #aabdd2
  4. #a5b5c8
  5. #a0aebe
  6. #9ba6b4
  7. #959ea9
  8. #90979f
  9. #8b8f95
  10. #85888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2cbd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2cce8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdc7e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8d2d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdcce8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bac9e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #add0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5cce7 {
  color: #b5cce7;
}
Background
.bg-b5cce7 {
  background-color: #b5cce7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5cce7 {
  border: 2px solid #b5cce7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5cce7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 204 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 51% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5cce7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5cce7, #b7b5e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5cce7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 204 231 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.10 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.20 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.97 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.64 #4a3318 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b5cce7  rgb(181, 204, 231)  hsl(212, 51%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#e7d0b5  rgb(231, 208, 181)  hsl(32, 51%, 81%)  Bisque
#e7b5cc  rgb(231, 181, 204)  hsl(332, 51%, 81%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cce7b5  rgb(204, 231, 181)  hsl(92, 51%, 81%)  Tea Green