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#B5DBFB

#b5dbfb ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b5dbfb 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, 85.88% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.89% cyan, 12.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 207.43°, with 89.74% saturation and 84.71% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.6745

Complementary

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #fbd5b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #fbb5b8
  3. #fbf8b5

Analogous

  1. #b5fbf8
  2. #b5dbfb
  3. #b5b8fb

Triadic

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #fbb5db
  3. #dbfbb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #d5b5fb
  3. #fbd5b5
  4. #dbfbb5

Square

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #f8b5fb
  3. #fbd5b5
  4. #b8fbb5

Monochromatic

  1. #2494f3
  2. #6cb8f7
  3. #b5dbfb
  4. #ecf6fe
  5. #ecf6fe

Shades

#b5dbfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #a3c5e2
  3. #91afc9
  4. #7f99b0
  5. #6d8397
  6. #5b6e7e
  7. #485864
  8. #36424b
  9. #242c32
  10. #121619
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5dbfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #bcdffb
  3. #c4e2fc
  4. #cbe6fc
  5. #d3e9fd
  6. #daedfd
  7. #e1f1fd
  8. #e9f4fe
  9. #f0f8fe
  10. #f8fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5dbfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5dbfb
  2. #b0d2ef
  3. #aac9e2
  4. #a5c0d6
  5. #a0b7ca
  6. #9baebe
  7. #95a4b1
  8. #909ba5
  9. #8b9299
  10. #85898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad8e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cedbfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5d3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0e3e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5dbfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfd6fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9e0ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5dbfb {
  color: #b5dbfb;
}
Background
.bg-b5dbfb {
  background-color: #b5dbfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5dbfb {
  border: 2px solid #b5dbfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5dbfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 219 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 90% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5dbfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5dbfb, #b5b8fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5dbfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 219 251 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.64 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.93 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.40 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.57 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.31 #4a2404 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b5dbfb  rgb(181, 219, 251)  hsl(207, 90%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#fbd5b5  rgb(251, 213, 181)  hsl(27, 90%, 85%)  Light Apricot
#fbb5db  rgb(251, 181, 219)  hsl(327, 90%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbfbb5  rgb(219, 251, 181)  hsl(87, 90%, 85%)  Tea Green