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#B8BFCC

#b8bfcc ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8bfcc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 74.9% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.8% cyan, 6.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 219°, with 16.39% saturation and 76.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.5181

Complementary

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #ccc5b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #ccbbb8
  3. #c9ccb8

Analogous

  1. #b8c9cc
  2. #b8bfcc
  3. #bbb8cc

Triadic

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #ccb8bf
  3. #bfccb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #c5b8cc
  3. #ccc5b8
  4. #bfccb8

Square

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #ccb8c9
  3. #ccc5b8
  4. #b8ccbb

Monochromatic

  1. #627089
  2. #8b97ac
  3. #b8bfcc
  4. #e5e7ec
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#b8bfcc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #a6acb8
  3. #9399a3
  4. #81868f
  5. #6e737a
  6. #5c6066
  7. #4a4c52
  8. #37393d
  9. #252629
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8bfcc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #bfc5d1
  3. #c6ccd6
  4. #cdd2db
  5. #d4d9e0
  6. #dcdfe6
  7. #e3e5eb
  8. #eaecf0
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8bfcc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8bfcc
  2. #b2b9c4
  3. #adb2bd
  4. #a7acb5
  5. #a2a6ae
  6. #9ca0a6
  7. #96999e
  8. #919397
  9. #8b8d8f
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbfc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc0cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9becc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #babfcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9becc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8bfcc {
  color: #b8bfcc;
}
Background
.bg-b8bfcc {
  background-color: #b8bfcc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8bfcc {
  border: 2px solid #b8bfcc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8bfcc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 191 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 16% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8bfcc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8bfcc, #bbb8cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8bfcc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 191 204 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.60 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.32 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.48 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.64 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.09 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.09 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.65 #474033 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b8bfcc  rgb(184, 191, 204)  hsl(219, 16%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#ccc5b8  rgb(204, 197, 184)  hsl(39, 16%, 76%)  Bone
#ccb8bf  rgb(204, 184, 191)  hsl(339, 16%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bfccb8  rgb(191, 204, 184)  hsl(99, 16%, 76%)  Ash Gray