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#B8C2CF

#b8c2cf ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8c2cf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 76.08% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.11% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 213.91°, with 19.33% saturation and 76.67% 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 11.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.5328

Complementary

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #cfc5b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #cfbab8
  3. #cecfb8

Analogous

  1. #b8cecf
  2. #b8c2cf
  3. #bab8cf

Triadic

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #cfb8c2
  3. #c2cfb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #c5b8cf
  3. #cfc5b8
  4. #c2cfb8

Square

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #cfb8ce
  3. #cfc5b8
  4. #b8cfba

Monochromatic

  1. #60748e
  2. #8a9bb0
  3. #b8c2cf
  4. #e6e9ee
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#b8c2cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #a6afba
  3. #939ba6
  4. #818891
  5. #6e747c
  6. #5c6168
  7. #4a4e53
  8. #373a3e
  9. #252729
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8c2cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #bfc8d4
  3. #c6ced9
  4. #cdd4dd
  5. #d4dae2
  6. #dce1e7
  7. #e3e7ec
  8. #eaedf1
  9. #f1f3f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8c2cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8c2cf
  2. #b2bbc7
  3. #adb5bf
  4. #a7aeb7
  5. #a2a8af
  6. #9ca1a8
  7. #969aa0
  8. #919498
  9. #8b8d90
  10. #868788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bec2d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc0cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3c5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbc2cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bac1cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c4ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8c2cf {
  color: #b8c2cf;
}
Background
.bg-b8c2cf {
  background-color: #b8c2cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8c2cf {
  border: 2px solid #b8c2cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8c2cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 194 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 19% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8c2cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8c2cf, #bab8cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8c2cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 194 207 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.06 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.31 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.63 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.98 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.98 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.41 #473d30 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b8c2cf  rgb(184, 194, 207)  hsl(214, 19%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#cfc5b8  rgb(207, 197, 184)  hsl(34, 19%, 77%)  Bone
#cfb8c2  rgb(207, 184, 194)  hsl(334, 19%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#c2cfb8  rgb(194, 207, 184)  hsl(94, 19%, 77%)  Ash Gray