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#B7C7EA

#b7c7ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b7c7ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 78.04% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.79% cyan, 14.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 221.18°, with 54.84% saturation and 81.76% 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 12.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.01.

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Relative luminance0.5685

Complementary

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #eadab7

Split complementary

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #eac0b7
  3. #e0eab7

Analogous

  1. #b7e0ea
  2. #b7c7ea
  3. #c0b7ea

Triadic

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #eab7c7
  3. #c7eab7

Tetradic

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #dab7ea
  3. #eadab7
  4. #c7eab7

Square

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #eab7e0
  3. #eadab7
  4. #b7eac0

Monochromatic

  1. #416bc7
  2. #7c99d9
  3. #b7c7ea
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#b7c7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #a5b3d3
  3. #929fbb
  4. #808ba4
  5. #6e778c
  6. #5c6475
  7. #49505e
  8. #373c46
  9. #25282f
  10. #121417
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7c7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #becdec
  3. #c5d2ee
  4. #cdd8f0
  5. #d4ddf2
  6. #dbe3f5
  7. #e2e9f7
  8. #e9eef9
  9. #f1f4fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7c7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7c7ea
  2. #b2c0df
  3. #acb9d5
  4. #a7b2ca
  5. #a1abc0
  6. #9ca4b5
  7. #969caa
  8. #9195a0
  9. #8b8e95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1c7d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c5e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaced2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bac8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7c6e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0cbdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7c7ea {
  color: #b7c7ea;
}
Background
.bg-b7c7ea {
  background-color: #b7c7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7c7ea {
  border: 2px solid #b7c7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7c7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 199 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 55% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7c7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7c7ea, #c0b7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7c7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 199 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.92 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.41 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.50 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.55 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.83 #483815 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b7c7ea  rgb(183, 199, 234)  hsl(221, 55%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#eadab7  rgb(234, 218, 183)  hsl(41, 55%, 82%)  Wheat
#eab7c7  rgb(234, 183, 199)  hsl(341, 55%, 82%)  Bubble Gum
#c7eab7  rgb(199, 234, 183)  hsl(101, 55%, 82%)  Tea Green