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#BAE0FF

#bae0ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bae0ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 87.84% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.06% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.96°, with 100% saturation and 86.47% 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 15.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.7097

Complementary

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #ffd9ba

Split complementary

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #ffbabd
  3. #fffcba

Analogous

  1. #bafffc
  2. #bae0ff
  3. #babdff

Triadic

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #ffbae0
  3. #e0ffba

Tetradic

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #d9baff
  3. #ffd9ba
  4. #e0ffba

Square

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #fcbaff
  3. #ffd9ba
  4. #bdffba

Monochromatic

  1. #219bff
  2. #6dbeff
  3. #bae0ff
  4. #ebf6ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#bae0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #a7cae6
  3. #95b3cc
  4. #829db3
  5. #708699
  6. #5d7080
  7. #4a5a66
  8. #38434d
  9. #252d33
  10. #13161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bae0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #c1e3ff
  3. #c8e6ff
  4. #cfe9ff
  5. #d6ecff
  6. #ddf0ff
  7. #e3f3ff
  8. #eaf6ff
  9. #f1f9ff
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bae0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bae0ff
  2. #b4d6f2
  3. #aecde6
  4. #a9c3d9
  5. #a3bacc
  6. #9db0c0
  7. #97a6b3
  8. #919da6
  9. #8c9399
  10. #868a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfddea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3dfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6e7ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cae0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4dbff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aee5f3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bae0ff {
  color: #bae0ff;
}
Background
.bg-bae0ff {
  background-color: #bae0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bae0ff {
  border: 2px solid #bae0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bae0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 224 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bae0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bae0ff, #babdff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bae0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 224 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.55 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.06 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.63 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.81 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.95 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.51 #451f00 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bae0ff  rgb(186, 224, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 86%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd9ba  rgb(255, 217, 186)  hsl(27, 100%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#ffbae0  rgb(255, 186, 224)  hsl(327, 100%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e0ffba  rgb(224, 255, 186)  hsl(87, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green