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#B8B8D8

#b8b8d8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8b8d8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 72.16% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.81% cyan, 14.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 29.09% saturation and 78.43% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4943

Complementary

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #d8d8b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #d8c8b8
  3. #c8d8b8

Analogous

  1. #b8c8d8
  2. #b8b8d8
  3. #c8b8d8

Triadic

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #d8b8b8
  3. #b8d8b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #d8b8d8
  3. #d8d8b8
  4. #b8d8b8

Square

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #d8b8c8
  3. #d8d8b8
  4. #b8d8c8

Monochromatic

  1. #58589f
  2. #8787bd
  3. #b8b8d8
  4. #e9e9f3
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#b8b8d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #a6a6c2
  3. #9393ad
  4. #818197
  5. #6e6e82
  6. #5c5c6c
  7. #4a4a56
  8. #373741
  9. #25252b
  10. #121216
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8b8d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #bfbfdc
  3. #c6c6e0
  4. #cdcde4
  5. #d4d4e8
  6. #dcdcec
  7. #e3e3ef
  8. #eaeaf3
  9. #f1f1f7
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8b8d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8b8d8
  2. #b2b2cf
  3. #adadc6
  4. #a7a7be
  5. #a2a2b5
  6. #9c9cac
  7. #9696a3
  8. #91919a
  9. #8b8b92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babac7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bbd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0bad7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1bdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4bad9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3b9d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4bbcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8b8d8 {
  color: #b8b8d8;
}
Background
.bg-b8b8d8 {
  background-color: #b8b8d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8b8d8 {
  border: 2px solid #b8b8d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8b8d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 184 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 29% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8b8d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8b8d8, #c8b8d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8b8d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 184 216 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.58 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.33 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.28 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.64 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.39 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.62 #474727 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b8b8d8  rgb(184, 184, 216)  hsl(240, 29%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d8d8b8  rgb(216, 216, 184)  hsl(60, 29%, 78%)  Pearl
#d8b8b8  rgb(216, 184, 184)  hsl(0, 29%, 78%)  Silver Pink
#b8d8b8  rgb(184, 216, 184)  hsl(120, 29%, 78%)  Celadon