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#B7BEDD

#b7bedd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b7bedd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.19% cyan, 14.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 228.95°, with 35.85% saturation and 79.22% 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 11.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5211

Complementary

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #ddd6b7

Split complementary

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #ddc3b7
  3. #d1ddb7

Analogous

  1. #b7d1dd
  2. #b7bedd
  3. #c3b7dd

Triadic

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #ddb7be
  3. #beddb7

Tetradic

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #d6b7dd
  3. #ddd6b7
  4. #beddb7

Square

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #ddb7d1
  3. #ddd6b7
  4. #b7ddc3

Monochromatic

  1. #5161ab
  2. #838fc4
  3. #b7bedd
  4. #ebedf6
  5. #f1f2f8

Shades

#b7bedd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #a5abc7
  3. #9298b1
  4. #80859b
  5. #6e7285
  6. #5c5f6f
  7. #494c58
  8. #373942
  9. #25262c
  10. #121316
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7bedd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #bec5e0
  3. #c5cbe4
  4. #cdd2e7
  5. #d4d8eb
  6. #dbdfee
  7. #e2e5f1
  8. #e9ecf5
  9. #f1f2f8
  10. #f8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7bedd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7bedd
  2. #b2b8d4
  3. #acb2ca
  4. #a7abc1
  5. #a1a5b8
  6. #9c9faf
  7. #9699a5
  8. #91939c
  9. #8b8c93
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbfcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bedc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aec4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c0de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5bedd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2c1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7bedd {
  color: #b7bedd;
}
Background
.bg-b7bedd {
  background-color: #b7bedd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7bedd {
  border: 2px solid #b7bedd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7bedd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 190 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 36% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7bedd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7bedd, #c3b7dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7bedd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 190 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.19 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.87 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.25 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.57 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.83 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.11 #484122 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b7bedd  rgb(183, 190, 221)  hsl(229, 36%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddd6b7  rgb(221, 214, 183)  hsl(49, 36%, 79%)  Pearl
#ddb7be  rgb(221, 183, 190)  hsl(349, 36%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#beddb7  rgb(190, 221, 183)  hsl(109, 36%, 79%)  Tea Green