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#BCDBEE

#bcdbee ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcdbee 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, 85.88% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.01% cyan, 7.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.8°, with 59.52% saturation and 83.53% 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 14.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 0.8.

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Relative luminance0.6753

Complementary

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #eecfbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #eebcc2
  3. #eee8bc

Analogous

  1. #bceee8
  2. #bcdbee
  3. #bcc2ee

Triadic

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #eebcdb
  3. #dbeebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #cfbcee
  3. #eecfbc
  4. #dbeebc

Square

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #e8bcee
  3. #eecfbc
  4. #c2eebc

Monochromatic

  1. #4299cf
  2. #7fbadf
  3. #bcdbee
  4. #eff6fb
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#bcdbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #a9c5d6
  3. #96afbe
  4. #8499a7
  5. #71838f
  6. #5e6e77
  7. #4b585f
  8. #384247
  9. #262c30
  10. #131618
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcdbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #c3dff0
  3. #c9e2f1
  4. #d0e6f3
  5. #d7e9f5
  6. #deedf7
  7. #e4f1f8
  8. #ebf4fa
  9. #f2f8fc
  10. #f8fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcdbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcdbee
  2. #b6d2e3
  3. #b0c9d8
  4. #aac0cd
  5. #a4b7c2
  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 14.51:1 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 #aee0e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cadaef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d7ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4dee6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcdbee {
  color: #bcdbee;
}
Background
.bg-bcdbee {
  background-color: #bcdbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcdbee {
  border: 2px solid #bcdbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcdbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 219 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 60% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcdbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcdbee, #bcc2ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcdbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 219 238 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 0.80 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 2.42 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.74 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.26 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.86 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.23 #432411 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bcdbee  rgb(188, 219, 238)  hsl(203, 60%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#eecfbc  rgb(238, 207, 188)  hsl(23, 60%, 84%)  Desert Sand
#eebcdb  rgb(238, 188, 219)  hsl(323, 60%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#dbeebc  rgb(219, 238, 188)  hsl(83, 60%, 84%)  Tea Green