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#B7CEFF

#b7ceff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b7ceff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 80.78% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.24% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 220.83°, with 100% saturation and 85.88% 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 13.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.34.

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Relative luminance0.6143

Complementary

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #ffe8b7

Split complementary

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #ffc4b7
  3. #f2ffb7

Analogous

  1. #b7f2ff
  2. #b7ceff
  3. #c4b7ff

Triadic

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #ffb7ce
  3. #ceffb7

Tetradic

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #e8b7ff
  3. #ffe8b7
  4. #ceffb7

Square

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #ffb7f2
  3. #ffe8b7
  4. #b7ffc4

Monochromatic

  1. #1e66ff
  2. #6a9aff
  3. #b7ceff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#b7ceff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #a5b9e6
  3. #92a5cc
  4. #8090b3
  5. #6e7c99
  6. #5c6780
  7. #495266
  8. #373e4d
  9. #252933
  10. #12151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7ceff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #bed3ff
  3. #c5d8ff
  4. #cdddff
  5. #d4e2ff
  6. #dbe7ff
  7. #e2ebff
  8. #e9f0ff
  9. #f1f5ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7ceff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7ceff
  2. #b2c6f2
  3. #acbee6
  4. #a7b7d9
  5. #a1afcc
  6. #9ca7c0
  7. #969fb3
  8. #9197a6
  9. #8b9099
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5cee3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bed1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8cbfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3d8de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbd0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7ccfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acd4ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7ceff {
  color: #b7ceff;
}
Background
.bg-b7ceff {
  background-color: #b7ceff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7ceff {
  border: 2px solid #b7ceff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7ceff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 206 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7ceff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7ceff, #c4b7ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7ceff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 206 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.92 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.59 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.48 #483100 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b7ceff  rgb(183, 206, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe8b7  rgb(255, 232, 183)  hsl(41, 100%, 86%)  Peach
#ffb7ce  rgb(255, 183, 206)  hsl(341, 100%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ceffb7  rgb(206, 255, 183)  hsl(101, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green