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#BBCEF9

#bbcef9 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcef9 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 80.78% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.9% cyan, 17.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 221.61°, with 83.78% saturation and 85.49% 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 13.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.77.

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Relative luminance0.6155

Complementary

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #f9e6bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #f9c7bb
  3. #edf9bb

Analogous

  1. #bbedf9
  2. #bbcef9
  3. #c7bbf9

Triadic

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #f9bbce
  3. #cef9bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #e6bbf9
  3. #f9e6bb
  4. #cef9bb

Square

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #f9bbed
  3. #f9e6bb
  4. #bbf9c7

Monochromatic

  1. #2e69ed
  2. #759bf3
  3. #bbcef9
  4. #ecf1fd
  5. #ecf1fd

Shades

#bbcef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #a8b9e0
  3. #96a5c7
  4. #8390ae
  5. #707c95
  6. #5e677d
  7. #4b5264
  8. #383e4b
  9. #252932
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #c2d3fa
  3. #c9d8fa
  4. #cfddfb
  5. #d6e2fb
  6. #dde7fc
  7. #e4ebfd
  8. #ebf0fd
  9. #f1f5fe
  10. #f8fafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcef9
  2. #b5c6ed
  3. #afbee1
  4. #a9b7d5
  5. #a3afc9
  6. #9ea7bd
  7. #989fb0
  8. #9297a4
  9. #8c9098
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7cee0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1d1fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbcbf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abd6dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bed0fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbccf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2d3e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcef9 {
  color: #bbcef9;
}
Background
.bg-bbcef9 {
  background-color: #bbcef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcef9 {
  border: 2px solid #bbcef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 84% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcef9, #c7bbf9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 249 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.94 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.93 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.14 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.86 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.51 #443106 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcef9  rgb(187, 206, 249)  hsl(222, 84%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#f9e6bb  rgb(249, 230, 187)  hsl(42, 84%, 85%)  Wheat
#f9bbce  rgb(249, 187, 206)  hsl(342, 84%, 85%)  Pink
#cef9bb  rgb(206, 249, 187)  hsl(102, 84%, 85%)  Tea Green