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#BBDAED

#bbdaed ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdaed 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, 85.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.1% cyan, 8.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 202.8°, with 58.14% saturation and 83.14% 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 14.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.68.

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Relative luminance0.6682

Complementary

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #edcebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #edbbc1
  3. #ede7bb

Analogous

  1. #bbede7
  2. #bbdaed
  3. #bbc1ed

Triadic

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #edbbda
  3. #daedbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #cebbed
  3. #edcebb
  4. #daedbb

Square

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #e7bbed
  3. #edcebb
  4. #c1edbb

Monochromatic

  1. #4298cd
  2. #7fb9dd
  3. #bbdaed
  4. #eff6fb
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#bbdaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #a8c4d5
  3. #96aebe
  4. #8399a6
  5. #70838e
  6. #5e6d77
  7. #4b575f
  8. #384147
  9. #252c2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #c2deef
  3. #c9e1f1
  4. #cfe5f2
  5. #d6e9f4
  6. #ddedf6
  7. #e4f0f8
  8. #ebf4fa
  9. #f1f8fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdaed
  2. #b5d1e2
  3. #afc8d7
  4. #a9bfcc
  5. #a3b6c1
  6. #9eadb7
  7. #98a4ac
  8. #929ba1
  9. #8c9296
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd7df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cad3ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #addfe0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9d9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d6ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dde5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdaed {
  color: #bbdaed;
}
Background
.bg-bbdaed {
  background-color: #bbdaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdaed {
  border: 2px solid #bbdaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 218 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 58% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdaed, #bbc1ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 218 237 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.68 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.30 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.68 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.08 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.35 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.11 #442512 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdaed  rgb(187, 218, 237)  hsl(203, 58%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#edcebb  rgb(237, 206, 187)  hsl(23, 58%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#edbbda  rgb(237, 187, 218)  hsl(323, 58%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#daedbb  rgb(218, 237, 187)  hsl(83, 58%, 83%)  Tea Green