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#BFC3DA

#bfc3da ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfc3da is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 76.47% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 10.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 231.11°, with 26.73% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.42.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5517

Complementary

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #dad6bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #dac9bf
  3. #d1dabf

Analogous

  1. #bfd1da
  2. #bfc3da
  3. #c9bfda

Triadic

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #dabfc3
  3. #c3dabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #d6bfda
  3. #dad6bf
  4. #c3dabf

Square

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #dabfd1
  3. #dad6bf
  4. #bfdac9

Monochromatic

  1. #5e68a2
  2. #8f96be
  3. #bfc3da
  4. #eff0f6
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#bfc3da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #acb0c4
  3. #999cae
  4. #868999
  5. #737583
  6. #60626d
  7. #4c4e57
  8. #393b41
  9. #26272c
  10. #131416
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfc3da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #c5c9de
  3. #cccfe1
  4. #d2d5e5
  5. #d9dbe9
  6. #dfe1ed
  7. #e5e7f0
  8. #ecedf4
  9. #f2f3f8
  10. #f9f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfc3da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfc3da
  2. #b9bcd1
  3. #b2b6c8
  4. #acafbf
  5. #a6a8b6
  6. #a0a2ad
  7. #999ba4
  8. #93949b
  9. #8d8d92
  10. #868789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2c4cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdc5db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc3d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c7ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bec4db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdc3da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcc5d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfc3da {
  color: #bfc3da;
}
Background
.bg-bfc3da {
  background-color: #bfc3da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfc3da {
  border: 2px solid #bfc3da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfc3da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 195 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 27% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfc3da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfc3da, #c9bfda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfc3da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 195 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.42 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.22 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.50 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.54 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.83 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.00 #403c25 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfc3da  rgb(191, 195, 218)  hsl(231, 27%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#dad6bf  rgb(218, 214, 191)  hsl(51, 27%, 80%)  Pearl
#dabfc3  rgb(218, 191, 195)  hsl(351, 27%, 80%)  Silver Pink
#c3dabf  rgb(195, 218, 191)  hsl(111, 27%, 80%)  Tea Green