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#BBDBED

#bbdbed ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdbed 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, 85.88% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.1% cyan, 7.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.6°, 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 14.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.47.

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Relative luminance0.6734

Complementary

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #edcdbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #edbbc2
  3. #ede6bb

Analogous

  1. #bbede6
  2. #bbdbed
  3. #bbc2ed

Triadic

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #edbbdb
  3. #dbedbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #cdbbed
  3. #edcdbb
  4. #dbedbb

Square

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #e6bbed
  3. #edcdbb
  4. #c2edbb

Monochromatic

  1. #429bcd
  2. #7fbbdd
  3. #bbdbed
  4. #eff6fb
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#bbdbed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #a8c5d5
  3. #96afbe
  4. #8399a6
  5. #70838e
  6. #5e6e77
  7. #4b585f
  8. #384247
  9. #252c2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdbed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #c2dfef
  3. #c9e2f1
  4. #cfe6f2
  5. #d6e9f4
  6. #ddedf6
  7. #e4f1f8
  8. #ebf4fa
  9. #f1f8fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdbed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdbed
  2. #b5d2e2
  3. #afc9d7
  4. #a9c0cc
  5. #a3b7c1
  6. #9eaeb7
  7. #98a4ac
  8. #929ba1
  9. #8c9296
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccd8e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2daee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ade0e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cadaee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d7ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dee6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdbed {
  color: #bbdbed;
}
Background
.bg-bbdbed {
  background-color: #bbdbed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdbed {
  border: 2px solid #bbdbed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdbed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 219 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 58% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdbed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdbed, #bbc2ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdbed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 219 237 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.47 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.79 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.02 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.35 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.69 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.92 #442412 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdbed  rgb(187, 219, 237)  hsl(202, 58%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#edcdbb  rgb(237, 205, 187)  hsl(22, 58%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#edbbdb  rgb(237, 187, 219)  hsl(322, 58%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbedbb  rgb(219, 237, 187)  hsl(82, 58%, 83%)  Tea Green