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#BECFED

#becfed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#becfed 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, 81.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.83% cyan, 12.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 218.3°, with 56.63% saturation and 83.73% 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 13.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.64.

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Relative luminance0.6169

Complementary

  1. #becfed
  2. #eddcbe

Split complementary

  1. #becfed
  2. #edc5be
  3. #e7edbe

Analogous

  1. #bee7ed
  2. #becfed
  3. #c5beed

Triadic

  1. #becfed
  2. #edbecf
  3. #cfedbe

Tetradic

  1. #becfed
  2. #dcbeed
  3. #eddcbe
  4. #cfedbe

Square

  1. #becfed
  2. #edbee7
  3. #eddcbe
  4. #beedc5

Monochromatic

  1. #4677cc
  2. #82a3dc
  3. #becfed
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#becfed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #becfed
  2. #abbad5
  3. #98a6be
  4. #8591a6
  5. #727c8e
  6. #5f6877
  7. #4c535f
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#becfed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #becfed
  2. #c5d4ef
  3. #cbd9f1
  4. #d2ddf2
  5. #d8e2f4
  6. #dfe7f6
  7. #e5ecf8
  8. #ecf1fa
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#becfed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #becfed
  2. #b8c7e2
  3. #b2bfd7
  4. #abb7cc
  5. #a5afc1
  6. #9fa8b7
  7. #99a0ac
  8. #9398a1
  9. #8c9096
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6d0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ccec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2d5d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3d0ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7d3e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-becfed {
  color: #becfed;
}
Background
.bg-becfed {
  background-color: #becfed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-becfed {
  border: 2px solid #becfed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #becfed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 207 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 57% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-becfed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #becfed, #c5beed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-becfed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 207 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.64 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.71 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.10 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.14 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.40 #413012 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#becfed  rgb(190, 207, 237)  hsl(218, 57%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#eddcbe  rgb(237, 220, 190)  hsl(38, 57%, 84%)  Champagne
#edbecf  rgb(237, 190, 207)  hsl(338, 57%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#cfedbe  rgb(207, 237, 190)  hsl(98, 57%, 84%)  Tea Green