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#BEE5FF

#bee5ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bee5ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 89.8% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.49% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 100% saturation and 87.25% 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 15.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7421

Complementary

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #ffd8be

Split complementary

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #ffbec4
  3. #fff8be

Analogous

  1. #befff8
  2. #bee5ff
  3. #bec4ff

Triadic

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #ffbee5
  3. #e5ffbe

Tetradic

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #d8beff
  3. #ffd8be
  4. #e5ffbe

Square

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #f8beff
  3. #ffd8be
  4. #c4ffbe

Monochromatic

  1. #25a8ff
  2. #71c6ff
  3. #bee5ff
  4. #ebf7ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#bee5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #abcee6
  3. #98b7cc
  4. #85a0b3
  5. #728999
  6. #5f7380
  7. #4c5c66
  8. #39454d
  9. #262e33
  10. #13171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bee5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #c5e8ff
  3. #cbeaff
  4. #d2edff
  5. #d8efff
  6. #dff2ff
  7. #e5f5ff
  8. #ecf7ff
  9. #f2faff
  10. #f9fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bee5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bee5ff
  2. #b8dbf2
  3. #b2d1e6
  4. #abc7d9
  5. #a5bdcc
  6. #9fb3c0
  7. #99a8b3
  8. #939ea6
  9. #8c9499
  10. #868a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3e2ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dae4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1dcff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abeced ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfe4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9e0ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3e9f4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bee5ff {
  color: #bee5ff;
}
Background
.bg-bee5ff {
  background-color: #bee5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bee5ff {
  border: 2px solid #bee5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bee5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 229 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bee5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bee5ff, #bec4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bee5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 229 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.12 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.19 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.17 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.11 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.48 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.72 #411a00 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bee5ff  rgb(190, 229, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 87%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd8be  rgb(255, 216, 190)  hsl(24, 100%, 87%)  Apricot
#ffbee5  rgb(255, 190, 229)  hsl(324, 100%, 87%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e5ffbe  rgb(229, 255, 190)  hsl(84, 100%, 87%)  Tea Green