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#BEE8FF

#bee8ff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bee8ff 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, 90.98% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.49% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.23°, 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 16.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.7588

Complementary

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #ffd5be

Split complementary

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #ffbec7
  3. #fff5be

Analogous

  1. #befff5
  2. #bee8ff
  3. #bec7ff

Triadic

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #ffbee8
  3. #e8ffbe

Tetradic

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #d5beff
  3. #ffd5be
  4. #e8ffbe

Square

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #f5beff
  3. #ffd5be
  4. #c7ffbe

Monochromatic

  1. #25b2ff
  2. #71cdff
  3. #bee8ff
  4. #ebf8ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#bee8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #abd1e6
  3. #98bacc
  4. #85a2b3
  5. #728b99
  6. #5f7480
  7. #4c5d66
  8. #39464d
  9. #262e33
  10. #13171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bee8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #c5eaff
  3. #cbedff
  4. #d2efff
  5. #d8f1ff
  6. #dff4ff
  7. #e5f6ff
  8. #ecf8ff
  9. #f2faff
  10. #f9fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bee8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bee8ff
  2. #b8def2
  3. #b2d3e6
  4. #abc9d9
  5. #a5becc
  6. #9fb4c0
  7. #99aab3
  8. #939fa6
  9. #8c9599
  10. #868a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4e4ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4dfff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abeeef ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1e7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbe2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3ecf6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bee8ff {
  color: #bee8ff;
}
Background
.bg-bee8ff {
  background-color: #bee8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bee8ff {
  border: 2px solid #bee8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bee8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 232 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bee8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bee8ff, #bec7ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bee8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 232 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.87 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.30 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.92 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.00 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.15 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #411700 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bee8ff  rgb(190, 232, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 87%)  Columbia Blue
#ffd5be  rgb(255, 213, 190)  hsl(21, 100%, 87%)  Apricot
#ffbee8  rgb(255, 190, 232)  hsl(321, 100%, 87%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#e8ffbe  rgb(232, 255, 190)  hsl(81, 100%, 87%)  Tea Green