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#BAE6FA

#bae6fa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bae6fa 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, 90.2% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.6% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.75°, with 86.49% saturation and 85.49% 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 15.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.7393

Complementary

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #faceba

Split complementary

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #fabac6
  3. #faeeba

Analogous

  1. #bafaee
  2. #bae6fa
  3. #bac6fa

Triadic

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #fabae6
  3. #e6faba

Tetradic

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #cebafa
  3. #faceba
  4. #e6faba

Square

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #eebafa
  3. #faceba
  4. #c6faba

Monochromatic

  1. #2bb2f0
  2. #73ccf5
  3. #bae6fa
  4. #ecf8fe
  5. #ecf8fe

Shades

#bae6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #a7cfe1
  3. #95b8c8
  4. #82a1af
  5. #708a96
  6. #5d737d
  7. #4a5c64
  8. #38454b
  9. #252e32
  10. #131719
  11. #000000

Tints

#bae6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #c1e9fb
  3. #c8ebfb
  4. #cfeefc
  5. #d6f0fc
  6. #ddf3fd
  7. #e3f5fd
  8. #eaf8fe
  9. #f1fafe
  10. #f8fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bae6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bae6fa
  2. #b4dcee
  3. #aed2e2
  4. #a9c7d5
  5. #a3bdc9
  6. #9db3bd
  7. #97a9b1
  8. #919fa5
  9. #8c9498
  10. #868a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1e2ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbe4fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2dcfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7ecec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfe5fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9e0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afeaf2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bae6fa {
  color: #bae6fa;
}
Background
.bg-bae6fa {
  background-color: #bae6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bae6fa {
  border: 2px solid #bae6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bae6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 230 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bae6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bae6fa, #bac6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bae6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 230 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.78 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.99 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.59 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.22 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.41 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.87 #451905 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bae6fa  rgb(186, 230, 250)  hsl(199, 86%, 85%)  Columbia Blue
#faceba  rgb(250, 206, 186)  hsl(19, 86%, 85%)  Zinnwaldite
#fabae6  rgb(250, 186, 230)  hsl(319, 86%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e6faba  rgb(230, 250, 186)  hsl(79, 86%, 85%)  Tea Green