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#BBD5E9

#bbd5e9 ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbd5e9 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, 83.53% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.74% cyan, 8.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 206.09°, with 51.11% saturation and 82.35% 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 13.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 0.78.

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Relative luminance0.6404

Complementary

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #e9cfbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #e9bbbe
  3. #e9e6bb

Analogous

  1. #bbe9e6
  2. #bbd5e9
  3. #bbbee9

Triadic

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #e9bbd5
  3. #d5e9bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #cfbbe9
  3. #e9cfbb
  4. #d5e9bb

Square

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #e6bbe9
  3. #e9cfbb
  4. #bee9bb

Monochromatic

  1. #478ec4
  2. #81b1d6
  3. #bbd5e9
  4. #f0f5fa
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#bbd5e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #a8c0d2
  3. #96aaba
  4. #8395a3
  5. #70808c
  6. #5e6b75
  7. #4b555d
  8. #384046
  9. #252b2f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd5e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #c2d9eb
  3. #c9dded
  4. #cfe2f0
  5. #d6e6f2
  6. #ddeaf4
  7. #e4eef6
  8. #ebf2f8
  9. #f1f7fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd5e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd5e9
  2. #b5cddf
  3. #afc4d4
  4. #a9bcca
  5. #a3b3bf
  6. #9eabb5
  7. #98a2aa
  8. #929aa0
  9. #8c9195
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9d3db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd4ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7cfe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afdadb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6d5ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2d2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd5e9 {
  color: #bbd5e9;
}
Background
.bg-bbd5e9 {
  background-color: #bbd5e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd5e9 {
  border: 2px solid #bbd5e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd5e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 213 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 51% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd5e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd5e9, #bbbee9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd5e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 213 233 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 0.78 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.47 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.90 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.28 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.56 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.86 #442a16 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bbd5e9  rgb(187, 213, 233)  hsl(206, 51%, 82%)  Pale Aqua
#e9cfbb  rgb(233, 207, 187)  hsl(26, 51%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#e9bbd5  rgb(233, 187, 213)  hsl(326, 51%, 82%)  Thistle
#d5e9bb  rgb(213, 233, 187)  hsl(86, 51%, 82%)  Tea Green