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#B5D0FF

#b5d0ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b5d0ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 81.57% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.02% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 218.11°, with 100% saturation and 85.49% 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.05.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6216

Complementary

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #ffe4b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #ffbfb5
  3. #f5ffb5

Analogous

  1. #b5f5ff
  2. #b5d0ff
  3. #bfb5ff

Triadic

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #ffb5d0
  3. #d0ffb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #e4b5ff
  3. #ffe4b5
  4. #d0ffb5

Square

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #ffb5f5
  3. #ffe4b5
  4. #b5ffbf

Monochromatic

  1. #1c6fff
  2. #689fff
  3. #b5d0ff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#b5d0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #a3bbe6
  3. #91a6cc
  4. #7f92b3
  5. #6d7d99
  6. #5b6880
  7. #485366
  8. #363e4d
  9. #242a33
  10. #12151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5d0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #bcd5ff
  3. #c4d9ff
  4. #cbdeff
  5. #d3e3ff
  6. #dae8ff
  7. #e1ecff
  8. #e9f1ff
  9. #f0f6ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5d0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5d0ff
  2. #b0c8f2
  3. #aac0e6
  4. #a5b8d9
  5. #a0b0cc
  6. #9ba8c0
  7. #95a0b3
  8. #9098a6
  9. #8b9099
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5cfe4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0d3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ccfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0dae0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcd2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7cdfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9d6ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5d0ff {
  color: #b5d0ff;
}
Background
.bg-b5d0ff {
  background-color: #b5d0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5d0ff {
  border: 2px solid #b5d0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5d0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 208 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5d0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5d0ff, #bfb5ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5d0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 208 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.05 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.12 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.74 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.22 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.40 #4a2f00 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b5d0ff  rgb(181, 208, 255)  hsl(218, 100%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe4b5  rgb(255, 228, 181)  hsl(38, 100%, 85%)  Moccasin
#ffb5d0  rgb(255, 181, 208)  hsl(338, 100%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d0ffb5  rgb(208, 255, 181)  hsl(98, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green