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#B9BECA

#b9beca ≈ Silver

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9beca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 74.51% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.42% cyan, 5.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 222.35°, with 13.82% saturation and 75.88% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.84.

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Relative luminance0.5141

Complementary

  1. #b9beca
  2. #cac5b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9beca
  2. #cabcb9
  3. #c6cab9

Analogous

  1. #b9c6ca
  2. #b9beca
  3. #bcb9ca

Triadic

  1. #b9beca
  2. #cab9be
  3. #becab9

Tetradic

  1. #b9beca
  2. #c5b9ca
  3. #cac5b9
  4. #becab9

Square

  1. #b9beca
  2. #cab9c6
  3. #cac5b9
  4. #b9cabc

Monochromatic

  1. #656e85
  2. #8d96a9
  3. #b9beca
  4. #e5e6eb
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#b9beca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9beca
  2. #a7abb6
  3. #9498a2
  4. #82858d
  5. #6f7279
  6. #5d5f65
  7. #4a4c51
  8. #38393d
  9. #252628
  10. #131314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9beca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9beca
  2. #c0c5cf
  3. #c7cbd5
  4. #ced2da
  5. #d5d8df
  6. #dcdfe5
  7. #e3e5ea
  8. #eaecef
  9. #f1f2f4
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9beca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9beca
  2. #b3b8c3
  3. #aeb2bb
  4. #a8abb4
  5. #a2a5ac
  6. #9d9fa5
  7. #97999e
  8. #919396
  9. #8b8c8f
  10. #868687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbec3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbbfcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9bdca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5c0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #babeca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9beca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7bfc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9beca {
  color: #b9beca;
}
Background
.bg-b9beca {
  background-color: #b9beca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9beca {
  border: 2px solid #b9beca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9beca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 190 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 14% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9beca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9beca, #bcb9ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9beca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 190 202 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.84 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.42 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.82 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.82 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.29 #464135 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Silver
#b9beca  rgb(185, 190, 202)  hsl(222, 14%, 76%)  Silver
#cac5b9  rgb(202, 197, 185)  hsl(42, 14%, 76%)  Timberwolf
#cab9be  rgb(202, 185, 190)  hsl(342, 14%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#becab9  rgb(190, 202, 185)  hsl(102, 14%, 76%)  Ash Gray