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#BECCE6

#becce6 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#becce6 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 80% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.39% cyan, 11.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 219°, with 44.44% saturation and 82.35% 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 12.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.26.

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Relative luminance0.5985

Complementary

  1. #becce6
  2. #e6d8be

Split complementary

  1. #becce6
  2. #e6c4be
  3. #e0e6be

Analogous

  1. #bee0e6
  2. #becce6
  3. #c4bee6

Triadic

  1. #becce6
  2. #e6becc
  3. #cce6be

Tetradic

  1. #becce6
  2. #d8bee6
  3. #e6d8be
  4. #cce6be

Square

  1. #becce6
  2. #e6bee0
  3. #e6d8be
  4. #bee6c4

Monochromatic

  1. #4f75bb
  2. #87a1d1
  3. #becce6
  4. #f0f3f9
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#becce6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #becce6
  2. #abb8cf
  3. #98a3b8
  4. #858fa1
  5. #727a8a
  6. #5f6673
  7. #4c525c
  8. #393d45
  9. #26292e
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#becce6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #becce6
  2. #c5d1e9
  3. #cbd6eb
  4. #d2dbee
  5. #d8e0f0
  6. #dfe6f3
  7. #e5ebf5
  8. #ecf0f8
  9. #f2f5fa
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#becce6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #becce6
  2. #b8c4dc
  3. #b2bdd2
  4. #abb5c7
  5. #a5aebd
  6. #9fa6b3
  7. #999ea9
  8. #93979f
  9. #8c8f94
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6ccd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cde7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d1d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cde7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfcbe6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-becce6 {
  color: #becce6;
}
Background
.bg-becce6 {
  background-color: #becce6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-becce6 {
  border: 2px solid #becce6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #becce6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 204 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 44% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-becce6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #becce6, #c4bee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-becce6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 204 230 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.26 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.29 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.65 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.76 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.68 #413319 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#becce6  rgb(190, 204, 230)  hsl(219, 44%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#e6d8be  rgb(230, 216, 190)  hsl(39, 44%, 82%)  Pearl
#e6becc  rgb(230, 190, 204)  hsl(339, 44%, 82%)  Bubble Gum
#cce6be  rgb(204, 230, 190)  hsl(99, 44%, 82%)  Tea Green