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#BBCEEF

#bbceef ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbceef is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 80.78% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.76% cyan, 13.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 218.08°, with 61.9% saturation and 83.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.67.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6094

Complementary

  1. #bbceef
  2. #efdcbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbceef
  2. #efc2bb
  3. #e8efbb

Analogous

  1. #bbe8ef
  2. #bbceef
  3. #c2bbef

Triadic

  1. #bbceef
  2. #efbbce
  3. #ceefbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbceef
  2. #dcbbef
  3. #efdcbb
  4. #ceefbb

Square

  1. #bbceef
  2. #efbbe8
  3. #efdcbb
  4. #bbefc2

Monochromatic

  1. #3f75d2
  2. #7da1e0
  3. #bbceef
  4. #eef3fb
  5. #eef3fb

Shades

#bbceef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbceef
  2. #a8b9d7
  3. #96a5bf
  4. #8390a7
  5. #707c8f
  6. #5e6778
  7. #4b5260
  8. #383e48
  9. #252930
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbceef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbceef
  2. #c2d3f1
  3. #c9d8f2
  4. #cfddf4
  5. #d6e2f5
  6. #dde7f7
  7. #e4ebf9
  8. #ebf0fa
  9. #f1f5fc
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbceef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbceef
  2. #b5c6e4
  3. #afbed9
  4. #a9b7ce
  5. #a3afc3
  6. #9ea7b8
  7. #989fac
  8. #9297a1
  9. #8c9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cddb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3d0f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becbee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aed5d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0cff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdccef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3d2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbceef {
  color: #bbceef;
}
Background
.bg-bbceef {
  background-color: #bbceef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbceef {
  border: 2px solid #bbceef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbceef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 62% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbceef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbceef, #c2bbef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbceef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 239 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.67 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.50 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.74 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.84 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.95 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.85 #443110 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbceef  rgb(187, 206, 239)  hsl(218, 62%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#efdcbb  rgb(239, 220, 187)  hsl(38, 62%, 84%)  Wheat
#efbbce  rgb(239, 187, 206)  hsl(338, 62%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#ceefbb  rgb(206, 239, 187)  hsl(98, 62%, 84%)  Tea Green