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#B6CDFF

#b6cdff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b6cdff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 80.39% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.63% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.1°, with 100% saturation and 85.69% 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 13.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.38.

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Relative luminance0.6083

Complementary

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #ffe8b6

Split complementary

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #ffc4b6
  3. #f1ffb6

Analogous

  1. #b6f1ff
  2. #b6cdff
  3. #c4b6ff

Triadic

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #ffb6cd
  3. #cdffb6

Tetradic

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #e8b6ff
  3. #ffe8b6
  4. #cdffb6

Square

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #ffb6f1
  3. #ffe8b6
  4. #b6ffc4

Monochromatic

  1. #1d64ff
  2. #6a99ff
  3. #b6cdff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#b6cdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #a4b9e6
  3. #92a4cc
  4. #7f90b3
  5. #6d7b99
  6. #5b6780
  7. #495266
  8. #373e4d
  9. #242933
  10. #12151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6cdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #bdd2ff
  3. #c5d7ff
  4. #ccdcff
  5. #d3e1ff
  6. #dbe6ff
  7. #e2ebff
  8. #e9f0ff
  9. #f0f5ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6cdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6cdff
  2. #b1c5f2
  3. #abbee6
  4. #a6b6d9
  5. #a0aecc
  6. #9ba7c0
  7. #969fb3
  8. #9097a6
  9. #8b8f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4cde3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdd0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6cafe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2d7de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bacfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6cbfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aad3ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6cdff {
  color: #b6cdff;
}
Background
.bg-b6cdff {
  background-color: #b6cdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6cdff {
  border: 2px solid #b6cdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6cdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 205 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6cdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6cdff, #c4b6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6cdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 205 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.38 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.47 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.67 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.14 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.42 #493200 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b6cdff  rgb(182, 205, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe8b6  rgb(255, 232, 182)  hsl(41, 100%, 86%)  Peach
#ffb6cd  rgb(255, 182, 205)  hsl(341, 100%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cdffb6  rgb(205, 255, 182)  hsl(101, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green