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#BCD3FF

#bcd3ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bcd3ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 82.75% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219.4°, with 100% saturation and 86.86% 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 13.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.15.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.645

Complementary

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #ffe8bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #ffc6bc
  3. #f5ffbc

Analogous

  1. #bcf5ff
  2. #bcd3ff
  3. #c6bcff

Triadic

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #ffbcd3
  3. #d3ffbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #e8bcff
  3. #ffe8bc
  4. #d3ffbc

Square

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #ffbcf5
  3. #ffe8bc
  4. #bcffc6

Monochromatic

  1. #236fff
  2. #6fa1ff
  3. #bcd3ff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#bcd3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #a9bee6
  3. #96a9cc
  4. #8494b3
  5. #717f99
  6. #5e6a80
  7. #4b5466
  8. #383f4d
  9. #262a33
  10. #13151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcd3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #c3d7ff
  3. #c9dcff
  4. #d0e0ff
  5. #d7e5ff
  6. #dee9ff
  7. #e4edff
  8. #ebf2ff
  9. #f2f6ff
  10. #f8fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcd3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcd3ff
  2. #b6cbf2
  3. #b0c2e6
  4. #aabad9
  5. #a4b2cc
  6. #9eaac0
  7. #98a1b3
  8. #9299a6
  9. #8c9199
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad2e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becffe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aadce1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1d5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdd1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2d8ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcd3ff {
  color: #bcd3ff;
}
Background
.bg-bcd3ff {
  background-color: #bcd3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcd3ff {
  border: 2px solid #bcd3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcd3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 211 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcd3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcd3ff, #c6bcff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcd3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 211 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.08 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.64 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.33 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.49 #432c00 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bcd3ff  rgb(188, 211, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 87%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe8bc  rgb(255, 232, 188)  hsl(39, 100%, 87%)  Peach
#ffbcd3  rgb(255, 188, 211)  hsl(339, 100%, 87%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d3ffbc  rgb(211, 255, 188)  hsl(99, 100%, 87%)  Tea Green