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#BBC5DB

#bbc5db ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbc5db is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 77.25% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.61% cyan, 10.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 30.77% saturation and 79.61% 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.65.

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Relative luminance0.5561

Complementary

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #dbd1bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #dbc1bb
  3. #d5dbbb

Analogous

  1. #bbd5db
  2. #bbc5db
  3. #c1bbdb

Triadic

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #dbbbc5
  3. #c5dbbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #d1bbdb
  3. #dbd1bb
  4. #c5dbbb

Square

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #dbbbd5
  3. #dbd1bb
  4. #bbdbc1

Monochromatic

  1. #5870a5
  2. #899ac1
  3. #bbc5db
  4. #edf0f5
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#bbc5db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #a8b1c5
  3. #969eaf
  4. #838a99
  5. #707683
  6. #5e636e
  7. #4b4f58
  8. #383b42
  9. #25272c
  10. #131416
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbc5db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #c2cbdf
  3. #c9d1e2
  4. #cfd6e6
  5. #d6dce9
  6. #dde2ed
  7. #e4e8f1
  8. #ebeef4
  9. #f1f3f8
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbc5db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbc5db
  2. #b5bed2
  3. #afb7c9
  4. #a9b0c0
  5. #a3a9b7
  6. #9ea3ae
  7. #989ca4
  8. #92959b
  9. #8c8e92
  10. #868789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1c5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfc6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc3da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c9cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdc6dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbc4db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7c8d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbc5db {
  color: #bbc5db;
}
Background
.bg-bbc5db {
  background-color: #bbc5db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbc5db {
  border: 2px solid #bbc5db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbc5db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 197 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 31% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbc5db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbc5db, #c1bbdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbc5db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 197 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.65 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.63 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.29 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.34 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.60 #443a24 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbc5db  rgb(187, 197, 219)  hsl(221, 31%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbd1bb  rgb(219, 209, 187)  hsl(41, 31%, 80%)  Bone
#dbbbc5  rgb(219, 187, 197)  hsl(341, 31%, 80%)  Thistle
#c5dbbb  rgb(197, 219, 187)  hsl(101, 31%, 80%)  Tea Green