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#B5DDEE

#b5ddee ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5ddee is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 86.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.95% cyan, 7.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.89°, with 62.64% saturation and 82.16% 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 14.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 2.18.

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Relative luminance0.6771

Complementary

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #eec6b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #eeb5c1
  3. #eee3b5

Analogous

  1. #b5eee3
  2. #b5ddee
  3. #b5c1ee

Triadic

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #eeb5dd
  3. #ddeeb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #c6b5ee
  3. #eec6b5
  4. #ddeeb5

Square

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #e3b5ee
  3. #eec6b5
  4. #c1eeb5

Monochromatic

  1. #39a4d1
  2. #77c0e0
  3. #b5ddee
  4. #eef7fb
  5. #eef7fb

Shades

#b5ddee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #a3c7d6
  3. #91b1be
  4. #7f9ba7
  5. #6d858f
  6. #5b6f77
  7. #48585f
  8. #364247
  9. #242c30
  10. #121618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5ddee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #bce0f0
  3. #c4e4f1
  4. #cbe7f3
  5. #d3ebf5
  6. #daeef7
  7. #e1f1f8
  8. #e9f5fa
  9. #f0f8fc
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5ddee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5ddee
  2. #b0d4e3
  3. #aacad8
  4. #a5c1cd
  5. #a0b8c2
  6. #9bafb7
  7. #95a5ac
  8. #909ca1
  9. #8b9396
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad9e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4dbef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd4ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4e2e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8dcef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3d7ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abe0e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5ddee {
  color: #b5ddee;
}
Background
.bg-b5ddee {
  background-color: #b5ddee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5ddee {
  border: 2px solid #b5ddee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5ddee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 221 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 63% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5ddee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5ddee, #b5c1ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5ddee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 221 238 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.18 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.47 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.03 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.05 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.67 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.58 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.09 #4a2211 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#b5ddee  rgb(181, 221, 238)  hsl(198, 63%, 82%)  Light Blue
#eec6b5  rgb(238, 198, 181)  hsl(18, 63%, 82%)  Zinnwaldite
#eeb5dd  rgb(238, 181, 221)  hsl(318, 63%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ddeeb5  rgb(221, 238, 181)  hsl(78, 63%, 82%)  Tea Green