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#B8E7FF

#b8e7ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8e7ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 90.59% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.84% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.28°, with 100% saturation and 86.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.26.

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Relative luminance0.7456

Complementary

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #ffd0b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #ffb8c4
  3. #fff3b8

Analogous

  1. #b8fff3
  2. #b8e7ff
  3. #b8c4ff

Triadic

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #ffb8e7
  3. #e7ffb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #d0b8ff
  3. #ffd0b8
  4. #e7ffb8

Square

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #f3b8ff
  3. #ffd0b8
  4. #c4ffb8

Monochromatic

  1. #1fb3ff
  2. #6ccdff
  3. #b8e7ff
  4. #ebf8ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#b8e7ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #a6d0e6
  3. #93b9cc
  4. #81a2b3
  5. #6e8b99
  6. #5c7480
  7. #4a5c66
  8. #37454d
  9. #252e33
  10. #12171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8e7ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #bfe9ff
  3. #c6ecff
  4. #cdeeff
  5. #d4f1ff
  6. #dcf3ff
  7. #e3f5ff
  8. #eaf8ff
  9. #f1faff
  10. #f8fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8e7ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8e7ff
  2. #b2ddf2
  3. #add2e6
  4. #a7c8d9
  5. #a2becc
  6. #9cb4c0
  7. #96a9b3
  8. #919fa6
  9. #8b9599
  10. #868a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1e3ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbe5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1dcff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2eeee ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cee6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7e1ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abebf5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8e7ff {
  color: #b8e7ff;
}
Background
.bg-b8e7ff {
  background-color: #b8e7ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8e7ff {
  border: 2px solid #b8e7ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8e7ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 231 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8e7ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8e7ff, #b8c4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8e7ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 231 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.26 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.92 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.20 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.50 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.32 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.51 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.66 #471800 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#b8e7ff  rgb(184, 231, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd0b8  rgb(255, 208, 184)  hsl(20, 100%, 86%)  Apricot
#ffb8e7  rgb(255, 184, 231)  hsl(320, 100%, 86%)  Carnation Pink
#e7ffb8  rgb(231, 255, 184)  hsl(80, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green