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#BCDAEB

#bcdaeb ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcdaeb 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, 85.49% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 7.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 201.7°, with 54.02% saturation and 82.94% 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 14.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.61.

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Relative luminance0.6683

Complementary

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #ebcdbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #ebbcc2
  3. #ebe4bc

Analogous

  1. #bcebe4
  2. #bcdaeb
  3. #bcc2eb

Triadic

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #ebbcda
  3. #daebbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #cdbceb
  3. #ebcdbc
  4. #daebbc

Square

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #e4bceb
  3. #ebcdbc
  4. #c2ebbc

Monochromatic

  1. #4699c8
  2. #81b9d9
  3. #bcdaeb
  4. #eff6fa
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#bcdaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #a9c4d4
  3. #96aebc
  4. #8499a5
  5. #71838d
  6. #5e6d76
  7. #4b575e
  8. #384147
  9. #262c2f
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcdaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #c3deed
  3. #c9e1ef
  4. #d0e5f1
  5. #d7e9f3
  6. #deedf5
  7. #e4f0f7
  8. #ebf4f9
  9. #f2f8fb
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcdaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcdaeb
  2. #b6d1e0
  3. #b0c8d6
  4. #aabfcb
  5. #a4b6c0
  6. #9eadb6
  7. #98a4ab
  8. #929ba0
  9. #8c9295
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccd7de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd3eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afdfdf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cad9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d6eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4dde4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcdaeb {
  color: #bcdaeb;
}
Background
.bg-bcdaeb {
  background-color: #bcdaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcdaeb {
  border: 2px solid #bcdaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcdaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 218 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 54% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcdaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcdaeb, #bcc2eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcdaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 218 235 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.41 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.37 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.66 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.70 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.70 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.83 #432514 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bcdaeb  rgb(188, 218, 235)  hsl(202, 54%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#ebcdbc  rgb(235, 205, 188)  hsl(22, 54%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#ebbcda  rgb(235, 188, 218)  hsl(322, 54%, 83%)  Thistle
#daebbc  rgb(218, 235, 188)  hsl(82, 54%, 83%)  Tea Green