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#B7BED2

#b7bed2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b7bed2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 74.51% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.86% cyan, 9.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 224.44°, with 23.08% saturation and 77.06% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.92.

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Relative luminance0.5155

Complementary

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #d2cbb7

Split complementary

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #d2beb7
  3. #ccd2b7

Analogous

  1. #b7ccd2
  2. #b7bed2
  3. #beb7d2

Triadic

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #d2b7be
  3. #bed2b7

Tetradic

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #cbb7d2
  3. #d2cbb7
  4. #bed2b7

Square

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #d2b7cc
  3. #d2cbb7
  4. #b7d2be

Monochromatic

  1. #5c6b94
  2. #8894b5
  3. #b7bed2
  4. #e6e9ef
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#b7bed2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #a5abbd
  3. #9298a8
  4. #808593
  5. #6e727e
  6. #5c5f69
  7. #494c54
  8. #37393f
  9. #25262a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7bed2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #bec5d7
  3. #c5cbdb
  4. #cdd2e0
  5. #d4d8e4
  6. #dbdfe9
  7. #e2e5ed
  8. #e9ecf2
  9. #f1f2f6
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7bed2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7bed2
  2. #b2b8ca
  3. #acb2c2
  4. #a7abb9
  5. #a1a5b1
  6. #9c9fa9
  7. #9699a1
  8. #919399
  9. #8b8c90
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbbec6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bfd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6bdd1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8bfd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bdd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3c0ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7bed2 {
  color: #b7bed2;
}
Background
.bg-b7bed2 {
  background-color: #b7bed2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7bed2 {
  border: 2px solid #b7bed2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7bed2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 190 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 23% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7bed2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7bed2, #beb7d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7bed2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 190 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.92 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.61 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.89 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.23 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.84 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.25 #48412d Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b7bed2  rgb(183, 190, 210)  hsl(224, 23%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#d2cbb7  rgb(210, 203, 183)  hsl(44, 23%, 77%)  Bone
#d2b7be  rgb(210, 183, 190)  hsl(344, 23%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bed2b7  rgb(190, 210, 183)  hsl(104, 23%, 77%)  Ash Gray