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#B6DDFF

#b6ddff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b6ddff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 86.67% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.63% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.95°, with 100% saturation and 85.69% 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 14.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 5.24.

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Relative luminance0.6888

Complementary

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #ffd8b6

Split complementary

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #ffb6b9
  3. #fffdb6

Analogous

  1. #b6fffd
  2. #b6ddff
  3. #b6b9ff

Triadic

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #ffb6dd
  3. #ddffb6

Tetradic

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #d8b6ff
  3. #ffd8b6
  4. #ddffb6

Square

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #fdb6ff
  3. #ffd8b6
  4. #b9ffb6

Monochromatic

  1. #1d96ff
  2. #6ab9ff
  3. #b6ddff
  4. #ebf5ff
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#b6ddff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #a4c7e6
  3. #92b1cc
  4. #7f9bb3
  5. #6d8599
  6. #5b6f80
  7. #495866
  8. #37424d
  9. #242c33
  10. #12161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6ddff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #bde0ff
  3. #c5e4ff
  4. #cce7ff
  5. #d3ebff
  6. #dbeeff
  7. #e2f1ff
  8. #e9f5ff
  9. #f0f8ff
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6ddff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6ddff
  2. #b1d4f2
  3. #abcae6
  4. #a6c1d9
  5. #a0b8cc
  6. #9bafc0
  7. #96a5b3
  8. #909ca6
  9. #8b9399
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbdae9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ddff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6d5fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0e5e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6ddff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0d8ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9e2f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6ddff {
  color: #b6ddff;
}
Background
.bg-b6ddff {
  background-color: #b6ddff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6ddff {
  border: 2px solid #b6ddff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6ddff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 221 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6ddff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6ddff, #b6b9ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6ddff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 221 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.06 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.37 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.72 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.68 #492200 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b6ddff  rgb(182, 221, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd8b6  rgb(255, 216, 182)  hsl(28, 100%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#ffb6dd  rgb(255, 182, 221)  hsl(328, 100%, 86%)  Carnation Pink
#ddffb6  rgb(221, 255, 182)  hsl(88, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green