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#BBBBD9

#bbbbd9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbbd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.82% cyan, 13.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 28.3% saturation and 79.22% 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 11.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5112

Complementary

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #d9d9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #d9cabb
  3. #cad9bb

Analogous

  1. #bbcad9
  2. #bbbbd9
  3. #cabbd9

Triadic

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #d9bbbb
  3. #bbd9bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #d9bbd9
  3. #d9d9bb
  4. #bbd9bb

Square

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #d9bbca
  3. #d9d9bb
  4. #bbd9ca

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5aa1
  2. #8a8abe
  3. #bbbbd9
  4. #ececf4
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#bbbbd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #a8a8c3
  3. #9696ae
  4. #838398
  5. #707082
  6. #5e5e6d
  7. #4b4b57
  8. #383841
  9. #25252b
  10. #131316
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbbd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #c2c2dd
  3. #c9c9e1
  4. #cfcfe4
  5. #d6d6e8
  6. #ddddec
  7. #e4e4f0
  8. #ebebf4
  9. #f1f1f7
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbbd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbbd9
  2. #b5b5d0
  3. #afafc7
  4. #a9a9be
  5. #a3a3b5
  6. #9e9ead
  7. #9898a4
  8. #92929b
  9. #8c8c92
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbcc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4beda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bdd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5c0c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7bdda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6bcd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7becd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbbd9 {
  color: #bbbbd9;
}
Background
.bg-bbbbd9 {
  background-color: #bbbbd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbbd9 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbbd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbbd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 28% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbbd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbbd9, #cabbd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbbd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 217 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.18 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.28 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.30 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.97 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.35 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.69 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.75 #444426 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbbd9  rgb(187, 187, 217)  hsl(240, 28%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d9d9bb  rgb(217, 217, 187)  hsl(60, 28%, 79%)  Pearl
#d9bbbb  rgb(217, 187, 187)  hsl(0, 28%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bbd9bb  rgb(187, 217, 187)  hsl(120, 28%, 79%)  Celadon