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#BBD7E7

#bbd7e7 ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbd7e7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 84.31% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.05% cyan, 6.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 47.83% saturation and 81.96% 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 13.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 1.12.

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Relative luminance0.6494

Complementary

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #e7cbbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #e7bbc1
  3. #e7e1bb

Analogous

  1. #bbe7e1
  2. #bbd7e7
  3. #bbc1e7

Triadic

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #e7bbd7
  3. #d7e7bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #cbbbe7
  3. #e7cbbb
  4. #d7e7bb

Square

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #e1bbe7
  3. #e7cbbb
  4. #c1e7bb

Monochromatic

  1. #4a94bf
  2. #82b6d3
  3. #bbd7e7
  4. #f0f6fa
  5. #f0f6fa

Shades

#bbd7e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #a8c2d0
  3. #96acb9
  4. #8397a2
  5. #70818b
  6. #5e6c74
  7. #4b565c
  8. #384145
  9. #252b2e
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbd7e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #c2dbe9
  3. #c9dfec
  4. #cfe3ee
  5. #d6e7f1
  6. #ddebf3
  7. #e4eff5
  8. #ebf3f8
  9. #f1f7fa
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbd7e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbd7e7
  2. #b5cedd
  3. #afc6d2
  4. #a9bdc8
  5. #a3b4be
  6. #9eacb4
  7. #98a3a9
  8. #929a9f
  9. #8c9195
  10. #86898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad4db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd6e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d0e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afdbdc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8d6e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d3e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4dae0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbd7e7 {
  color: #bbd7e7;
}
Background
.bg-bbd7e7 {
  background-color: #bbd7e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbd7e7 {
  border: 2px solid #bbd7e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbd7e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 215 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 48% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbd7e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbd7e7, #bbc1e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbd7e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 215 231 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 1.12 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 1.92 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.58 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.94 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.23 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.07 #442818 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbd7e7  rgb(187, 215, 231)  hsl(202, 48%, 82%)  Columbia Blue
#e7cbbb  rgb(231, 203, 187)  hsl(22, 48%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#e7bbd7  rgb(231, 187, 215)  hsl(322, 48%, 82%)  Thistle
#d7e7bb  rgb(215, 231, 187)  hsl(82, 48%, 82%)  Tea Green