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#B9D2EA

#b9d2ea ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9d2ea is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 82.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.94% cyan, 10.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 209.39°, with 53.85% saturation and 82.16% 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 13.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.6235

Complementary

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #ead1b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #eab9ba
  3. #eaeab9

Analogous

  1. #b9eaea
  2. #b9d2ea
  3. #b9baea

Triadic

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #eab9d2
  3. #d2eab9

Tetradic

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #d1b9ea
  3. #ead1b9
  4. #d2eab9

Square

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #eab9ea
  3. #ead1b9
  4. #baeab9

Monochromatic

  1. #4386c7
  2. #7eacd8
  3. #b9d2ea
  4. #eff5fa
  5. #eff5fa

Shades

#b9d2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #a7bdd3
  3. #94a8bb
  4. #8293a4
  5. #6f7e8c
  6. #5d6975
  7. #4a545e
  8. #383f46
  9. #252a2f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9d2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #c0d7ec
  3. #c7dbee
  4. #cee0f0
  5. #d5e4f2
  6. #dce9f5
  7. #e3edf7
  8. #eaf2f9
  9. #f1f6fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9d2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9d2ea
  2. #b3cadf
  3. #aec2d5
  4. #a8b9ca
  5. #a2b1c0
  6. #9da9b5
  7. #97a1aa
  8. #9199a0
  9. #8b9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d0da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9d2eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cdea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acd8da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3d2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfcfea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1d5e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9d2ea {
  color: #b9d2ea;
}
Background
.bg-b9d2ea {
  background-color: #b9d2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9d2ea {
  border: 2px solid #b9d2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9d2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 210 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 54% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9d2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9d2ea, #b9baea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9d2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 210 234 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.35 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.93 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.18 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.02 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.82 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.24 #462d15 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#b9d2ea  rgb(185, 210, 234)  hsl(209, 54%, 82%)  Pale Aqua
#ead1b9  rgb(234, 209, 185)  hsl(29, 54%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#eab9d2  rgb(234, 185, 210)  hsl(329, 54%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d2eab9  rgb(210, 234, 185)  hsl(89, 54%, 82%)  Tea Green