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#B8B8DB

#b8b8db ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8b8db 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.98% cyan, 15.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 32.71% saturation and 79.02% 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 10.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.54.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4959

Complementary

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #dbdbb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #dbcab8
  3. #cadbb8

Analogous

  1. #b8cadb
  2. #b8b8db
  3. #cab8db

Triadic

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #dbb8b8
  3. #b8dbb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #dbb8db
  3. #dbdbb8
  4. #b8dbb8

Square

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #dbb8ca
  3. #dbdbb8
  4. #b8dbca

Monochromatic

  1. #5454a6
  2. #8585c1
  3. #b8b8db
  4. #ebebf5
  5. #f1f1f8

Shades

#b8b8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #a6a6c5
  3. #9393af
  4. #818199
  5. #6e6e83
  6. #5c5c6e
  7. #4a4a58
  8. #373742
  9. #25252c
  10. #121216
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8b8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #bfbfdf
  3. #c6c6e2
  4. #cdcde6
  5. #d4d4e9
  6. #dcdced
  7. #e3e3f1
  8. #eaeaf4
  9. #f1f1f8
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8b8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8b8db
  2. #b2b2d2
  3. #adadc9
  4. #a7a7c0
  5. #a2a2b7
  6. #9c9cae
  7. #9696a4
  8. #91919b
  9. #8b8b92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bcdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbada ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3badc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3b9da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4bbcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8b8db {
  color: #b8b8db;
}
Background
.bg-b8b8db {
  background-color: #b8b8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8b8db {
  border: 2px solid #b8b8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8b8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 184 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 33% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8b8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8b8db, #cab8db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8b8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 184 219 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.54 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.70 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.55 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.48 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.82 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.66 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.69 #474724 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b8b8db  rgb(184, 184, 219)  hsl(240, 33%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dbdbb8  rgb(219, 219, 184)  hsl(60, 33%, 79%)  Pearl
#dbb8b8  rgb(219, 184, 184)  hsl(0, 33%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#b8dbb8  rgb(184, 219, 184)  hsl(120, 33%, 79%)  Celadon