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#bcceea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcceea is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 80.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 11.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 216.52°, with 52.27% saturation and 82.75% 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 13.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.9.

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Relative luminance0.6077

Complementary

  1. #bcceea
  2. #ead8bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcceea
  2. #eac1bc
  3. #e5eabc

Analogous

  1. #bce5ea
  2. #bcceea
  3. #c1bcea

Triadic

  1. #bcceea
  2. #eabcce
  3. #ceeabc

Tetradic

  1. #bcceea
  2. #d8bcea
  3. #ead8bc
  4. #ceeabc

Square

  1. #bcceea
  2. #eabce5
  3. #ead8bc
  4. #bceac1

Monochromatic

  1. #4879c5
  2. #82a3d8
  3. #bcceea
  4. #eff4fa
  5. #eff4fa

Shades

#bcceea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcceea
  2. #a9b9d3
  3. #96a5bb
  4. #8490a4
  5. #717c8c
  6. #5e6775
  7. #4b525e
  8. #383e46
  9. #26292f
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcceea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcceea
  2. #c3d3ec
  3. #c9d8ee
  4. #d0ddf0
  5. #d7e2f2
  6. #dee7f5
  7. #e4ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcceea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcceea
  2. #b6c6df
  3. #b0bed5
  4. #aab7ca
  5. #a4afc0
  6. #9ea7b5
  7. #989faa
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c9095
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1d4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1cfeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfccea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcceea {
  color: #bcceea;
}
Background
.bg-bcceea {
  background-color: #bcceea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcceea {
  border: 2px solid #bcceea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcceea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 206 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcceea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcceea, #c1bcea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcceea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 206 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.47 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.18 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.46 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.57 #433115 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bcceea  rgb(188, 206, 234)  hsl(217, 52%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ead8bc  rgb(234, 216, 188)  hsl(37, 52%, 83%)  Champagne
#eabcce  rgb(234, 188, 206)  hsl(337, 52%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#ceeabc  rgb(206, 234, 188)  hsl(97, 52%, 83%)  Tea Green