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#B9E4E6

#b9e4e6 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9e4e6 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 89.41% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.57% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 182.67°, with 47.37% saturation and 81.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 2.03.

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Relative luminance0.7151

Complementary

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #e6bbb9

Split complementary

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #e6b9cd
  3. #e6d1b9

Analogous

  1. #b9e6d1
  2. #b9e4e6
  3. #b9cde6

Triadic

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #e6b9e4
  3. #e4e6b9

Tetradic

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #bbb9e6
  3. #e6bbb9
  4. #e4e6b9

Square

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #d1b9e6
  3. #e6bbb9
  4. #cde6b9

Monochromatic

  1. #48b9be
  2. #81ced2
  3. #b9e4e6
  4. #f0f9fa
  5. #f0f9fa

Shades

#b9e4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #a7cdcf
  3. #94b6b8
  4. #82a0a1
  5. #6f898a
  6. #5d7273
  7. #4a5b5c
  8. #384445
  9. #252e2e
  10. #131717
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9e4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #c0e7e9
  3. #c7e9eb
  4. #ceecee
  5. #d5eff0
  6. #dcf2f3
  7. #e3f4f5
  8. #eaf7f8
  9. #f1fafa
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9e4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9e4e6
  2. #b3dadc
  3. #aed0d2
  4. #a8c6c7
  5. #a2bcbd
  6. #9db2b3
  7. #97a8a9
  8. #919e9f
  9. #8b9494
  10. #868a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfdfe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dee0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5d9e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abe7e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0e2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cadee6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1e6e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9e4e6 {
  color: #b9e4e6;
}
Background
.bg-b9e4e6 {
  background-color: #b9e4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9e4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #b9e4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9e4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 228 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 47% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9e4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9e4e6, #b9cde6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9e4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 228 230 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 2.03 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.47 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.76 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.76 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 6.93 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.79 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.62 #461b19 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#b9e4e6  rgb(185, 228, 230)  hsl(183, 47%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#e6bbb9  rgb(230, 187, 185)  hsl(3, 47%, 81%)  Baby Pink
#e6b9e4  rgb(230, 185, 228)  hsl(303, 47%, 81%)  Thistle
#e4e6b9  rgb(228, 230, 185)  hsl(63, 47%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod