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#b6bbdd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b6bbdd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 73.33% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.65% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 232.31°, with 36.45% saturation and 79.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5071

Complementary

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #ddd8b6

Split complementary

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #ddc5b6
  3. #ceddb6

Analogous

  1. #b6cedd
  2. #b6bbdd
  3. #c5b6dd

Triadic

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #ddb6bb
  3. #bbddb6

Tetradic

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #d8b6dd
  3. #ddd8b6
  4. #bbddb6

Square

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #ddb6ce
  3. #ddd8b6
  4. #b6ddc5

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5bab
  2. #828ac5
  3. #b6bbdd
  4. #eaecf5
  5. #f1f2f9

Shades

#b6bbdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #a4a8c7
  3. #9296b1
  4. #7f839b
  5. #6d7085
  6. #5b5e6f
  7. #494b58
  8. #373842
  9. #24252c
  10. #121316
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6bbdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #bdc2e0
  3. #c5c9e4
  4. #cccfe7
  5. #d3d6eb
  6. #dbddee
  7. #e2e4f1
  8. #e9ebf5
  9. #f0f1f8
  10. #f8f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6bbdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6bbdd
  2. #b1b5d4
  3. #abafca
  4. #a6a9c1
  5. #a0a3b8
  6. #9b9eaf
  7. #9698a5
  8. #90929c
  9. #8b8c93
  10. #858689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babcca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2bedf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0bbdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adc1c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4bdde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bbdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1bfd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6bbdd {
  color: #b6bbdd;
}
Background
.bg-b6bbdd {
  background-color: #b6bbdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6bbdd {
  border: 2px solid #b6bbdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6bbdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 187 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 36% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6bbdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6bbdd, #c5b6dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6bbdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 187 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.71 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.49 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.48 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.27 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.37 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.44 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.24 #494422 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b6bbdd  rgb(182, 187, 221)  hsl(232, 36%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddd8b6  rgb(221, 216, 182)  hsl(52, 36%, 79%)  Pearl
#ddb6bb  rgb(221, 182, 187)  hsl(352, 36%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#bbddb6  rgb(187, 221, 182)  hsl(112, 36%, 79%)  Celadon