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#BBBCCE

#bbbcce ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbcce is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.22% cyan, 8.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 236.84°, with 16.24% saturation and 77.06% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 6.97.

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Relative luminance0.5099

Complementary

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #cecdbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #cec4bb
  3. #c6cebb

Analogous

  1. #bbc6ce
  2. #bbbcce
  3. #c4bbce

Triadic

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #cebbbc
  3. #bccebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #cdbbce
  3. #cecdbb
  4. #bccebb

Square

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #cebbc6
  3. #cecdbb
  4. #bbcec4

Monochromatic

  1. #65678b
  2. #8f90ae
  3. #bbbcce
  4. #e7e8ee
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#bbbcce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #a8a9b9
  3. #9696a5
  4. #838490
  5. #70717c
  6. #5e5e67
  7. #4b4b52
  8. #38383e
  9. #252629
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbcce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #c2c3d3
  3. #c9c9d8
  4. #cfd0dd
  5. #d6d7e2
  6. #dddee7
  7. #e4e4eb
  8. #ebebf0
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbcce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbcce
  2. #b5b6c6
  3. #afb0be
  4. #a9aab7
  5. #a3a4af
  6. #9e9ea7
  7. #98989f
  8. #929297
  9. #8c8c90
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbdc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8becf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7bdcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7bfc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9bdcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bcce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9bec7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbcce {
  color: #bbbcce;
}
Background
.bg-bbbcce {
  background-color: #bbbcce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbcce {
  border: 2px solid #bbbcce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbcce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 188 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 16% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbcce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbcce, #c4bbce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbcce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 188 206 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.70 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.72 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.39 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.96 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.96 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.03 #444331 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#bbbcce  rgb(187, 188, 206)  hsl(237, 16%, 77%)  Languid Lavender
#cecdbb  rgb(206, 205, 187)  hsl(57, 16%, 77%)  Bone
#cebbbc  rgb(206, 187, 188)  hsl(357, 16%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bccebb  rgb(188, 206, 187)  hsl(117, 16%, 77%)  Ash Gray