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#BBCFEE

#bbcfee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcfee 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, 81.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 13.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 216.47°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 13.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.6136

Complementary

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #eedabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #eec0bb
  3. #e8eebb

Analogous

  1. #bbe8ee
  2. #bbcfee
  3. #c0bbee

Triadic

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #eebbcf
  3. #cfeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #dabbee
  3. #eedabb
  4. #cfeebb

Square

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #eebbe8
  3. #eedabb
  4. #bbeec0

Monochromatic

  1. #4179cf
  2. #7ea4df
  3. #bbcfee
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bbcfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #a8bad6
  3. #96a6be
  4. #8391a7
  5. #707c8f
  6. #5e6877
  7. #4b535f
  8. #383e47
  9. #252930
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #c2d4f0
  3. #c9d9f1
  4. #cfddf3
  5. #d6e2f5
  6. #dde7f7
  7. #e4ecf8
  8. #ebf1fa
  9. #f1f5fc
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcfee
  2. #b5c7e3
  3. #afbfd8
  4. #a9b7cd
  5. #a3afc2
  6. #9ea8b7
  7. #98a0ac
  8. #9298a1
  9. #8c9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d0f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aed5d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1d0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #becdee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3d3e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcfee {
  color: #bbcfee;
}
Background
.bg-bbcfee {
  background-color: #bbcfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcfee {
  border: 2px solid #bbcfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 207 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcfee, #c0bbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 207 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.90 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.87 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.25 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.30 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.01 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.08 #443011 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbcfee  rgb(187, 207, 238)  hsl(216, 60%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eedabb  rgb(238, 218, 187)  hsl(36, 60%, 83%)  Wheat
#eebbcf  rgb(238, 187, 207)  hsl(336, 60%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cfeebb  rgb(207, 238, 187)  hsl(96, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green