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#BBBFD6

#bbbfd6 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfd6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.9% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.62% cyan, 10.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 231.11°, with 24.77% saturation and 78.63% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.43.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5268

Complementary

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #d6d2bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #d6c5bb
  3. #cdd6bb

Analogous

  1. #bbcdd6
  2. #bbbfd6
  3. #c5bbd6

Triadic

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #d6bbbf
  3. #bfd6bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #d2bbd6
  3. #d6d2bb
  4. #bfd6bb

Square

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #d6bbcd
  3. #d6d2bb
  4. #bbd6c5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d669b
  2. #8b92b9
  3. #bbbfd6
  4. #ebecf3
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#bbbfd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #a8acc1
  3. #9699ab
  4. #838696
  5. #707380
  6. #5e606b
  7. #4b4c56
  8. #383940
  9. #25262b
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #c2c5da
  3. #c9ccde
  4. #cfd2e2
  5. #d6d9e6
  6. #dddfeb
  7. #e4e5ef
  8. #ebecf3
  9. #f1f2f7
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfd6
  2. #b5b9cd
  3. #afb2c5
  4. #a9acbc
  5. #a3a6b4
  6. #9ea0ab
  7. #9899a2
  8. #92939a
  9. #8c8d91
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c1d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bfd5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5c3c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bac0d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bfd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8c1cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfd6 {
  color: #bbbfd6;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfd6 {
  background-color: #bbbfd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfd6 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 25% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfd6, #c5bbd6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 214 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.63 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.63 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.88 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.53 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.98 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.22 #444029 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbbfd6  rgb(187, 191, 214)  hsl(231, 25%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#d6d2bb  rgb(214, 210, 187)  hsl(51, 25%, 79%)  Pearl
#d6bbbf  rgb(214, 187, 191)  hsl(351, 25%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bfd6bb  rgb(191, 214, 187)  hsl(111, 25%, 79%)  Tea Green