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#BAC4E4

#bac4e4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bac4e4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 76.86% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.42% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 225.71°, with 43.75% saturation and 81.18% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5552

Complementary

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #e4daba

Split complementary

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #e4c5ba
  3. #d9e4ba

Analogous

  1. #bad9e4
  2. #bac4e4
  3. #c5bae4

Triadic

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #e4bac4
  3. #c4e4ba

Tetradic

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #dabae4
  3. #e4daba
  4. #c4e4ba

Square

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #e4bad9
  3. #e4daba
  4. #bae4c5

Monochromatic

  1. #4c66b9
  2. #8395ce
  3. #bac4e4
  4. #f0f2f9
  5. #f0f2f9

Shades

#bac4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #a7b0cd
  3. #959db6
  4. #8289a0
  5. #707689
  6. #5d6272
  7. #4a4e5b
  8. #383b44
  9. #25272e
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bac4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #c1cae7
  3. #c8d0e9
  4. #cfd6ec
  5. #d6dcef
  6. #dde2f2
  7. #e3e7f4
  8. #eaedf7
  9. #f1f3fa
  10. #f8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bac4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bac4e4
  2. #b4bdda
  3. #aeb6d0
  4. #a9b0c6
  5. #a3a9bc
  6. #9da2b2
  7. #979ba8
  8. #91949e
  9. #8c8e94
  10. #86878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0c4d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc6e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c3e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0cace ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbc5e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9c3e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c8d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bac4e4 {
  color: #bac4e4;
}
Background
.bg-bac4e4 {
  background-color: #bac4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bac4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #bac4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bac4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 196 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 44% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bac4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bac4e4, #c5bae4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bac4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 196 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.21 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.54 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.74 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.89 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.87 #453b1b Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bac4e4  rgb(186, 196, 228)  hsl(226, 44%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#e4daba  rgb(228, 218, 186)  hsl(46, 44%, 81%)  Pearl
#e4bac4  rgb(228, 186, 196)  hsl(346, 44%, 81%)  Baby Pink
#c4e4ba  rgb(196, 228, 186)  hsl(106, 44%, 81%)  Tea Green