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#BBDBEE

#bbdbee ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbdbee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 7.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, 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 14.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.674

Complementary

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #eecebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #eebbc1
  3. #eee7bb

Analogous

  1. #bbeee7
  2. #bbdbee
  3. #bbc1ee

Triadic

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #eebbdb
  3. #dbeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #cebbee
  3. #eecebb
  4. #dbeebb

Square

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #e7bbee
  3. #eecebb
  4. #c1eebb

Monochromatic

  1. #419acf
  2. #7ebbdf
  3. #bbdbee
  4. #eff6fb
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#bbdbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #a8c5d6
  3. #96afbe
  4. #8399a7
  5. #70838f
  6. #5e6e77
  7. #4b585f
  8. #384247
  9. #252c30
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbdbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #c2dff0
  3. #c9e2f1
  4. #cfe6f3
  5. #d6e9f5
  6. #ddedf7
  7. #e4f1f8
  8. #ebf4fa
  9. #f1f8fc
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbdbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbdbee
  2. #b5d2e3
  3. #afc9d8
  4. #a9c0cd
  5. #a3b7c2
  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 14.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccd8e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2daef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd4ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ade0e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9daef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d7ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dee6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbdbee {
  color: #bbdbee;
}
Background
.bg-bbdbee {
  background-color: #bbdbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbdbee {
  border: 2px solid #bbdbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbdbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 219 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbdbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbdbee, #bbc1ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbdbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 219 238 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.63 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.64 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.47 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.23 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.58 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.67 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.01 #442411 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bbdbee  rgb(187, 219, 238)  hsl(202, 60%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eecebb  rgb(238, 206, 187)  hsl(22, 60%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#eebbdb  rgb(238, 187, 219)  hsl(322, 60%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbeebb  rgb(219, 238, 187)  hsl(82, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green