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#BBBBD4

#bbbbd4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbbd4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.79% cyan, 11.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 22.52% saturation and 78.24% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.59.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5086

Complementary

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #d4d4bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #d4c8bb
  3. #c8d4bb

Analogous

  1. #bbc8d4
  2. #bbbbd4
  3. #c8bbd4

Triadic

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #d4bbbb
  3. #bbd4bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #d4bbd4
  3. #d4d4bb
  4. #bbd4bb

Square

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #d4bbc8
  3. #d4d4bb
  4. #bbd4c8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5f97
  2. #8c8cb6
  3. #bbbbd4
  4. #eaeaf2
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#bbbbd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #a8a8bf
  3. #9696aa
  4. #838394
  5. #70707f
  6. #5e5e6a
  7. #4b4b55
  8. #383840
  9. #25252a
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbbd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #c2c2d8
  3. #c9c9dd
  4. #cfcfe1
  5. #d6d6e5
  6. #ddddea
  7. #e4e4ee
  8. #ebebf2
  9. #f1f1f6
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbbd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbbd4
  2. #b5b5cc
  3. #afafc3
  4. #a9a9bb
  5. #a3a3b2
  6. #9e9eaa
  7. #9898a2
  8. #929299
  9. #8c8c91
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbcc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bed5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bcd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6bfc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8bdd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bcd4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8bdca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbbd4 {
  color: #bbbbd4;
}
Background
.bg-bbbbd4 {
  background-color: #bbbbd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbbd4 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbbd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbbd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 23% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbbd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbbd4, #c8bbd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbbd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 212 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.59 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.58 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.67 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.40 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.32 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.61 #44442b Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbbd4  rgb(187, 187, 212)  hsl(240, 23%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d4d4bb  rgb(212, 212, 187)  hsl(60, 23%, 78%)  Pearl
#d4bbbb  rgb(212, 187, 187)  hsl(0, 23%, 78%)  Silver Pink
#bbd4bb  rgb(187, 212, 187)  hsl(120, 23%, 78%)  Opal