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#BFCAEB

#bfcaeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcaeb is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 79.22% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.72% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 52.38% saturation and 83.53% 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 12.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.5932

Complementary

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #ebe0bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #ebcabf
  3. #e0ebbf

Analogous

  1. #bfe0eb
  2. #bfcaeb
  3. #cabfeb

Triadic

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #ebbfca
  3. #caebbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #e0bfeb
  3. #ebe0bf
  4. #caebbf

Square

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #ebbfe0
  3. #ebe0bf
  4. #bfebca

Monochromatic

  1. #4a69c7
  2. #859ad9
  3. #bfcaeb
  4. #eff2fa
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#bfcaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #acb6d4
  3. #99a2bc
  4. #868da5
  5. #73798d
  6. #606576
  7. #4c515e
  8. #393d47
  9. #26282f
  10. #131418
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #c5cfed
  3. #ccd5ef
  4. #d2daf1
  5. #d9dff3
  6. #dfe5f5
  7. #e5eaf7
  8. #eceff9
  9. #f2f4fb
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcaeb
  2. #b9c3e0
  3. #b2bbd6
  4. #acb4cb
  5. #a6acc0
  6. #a0a5b6
  7. #999eab
  8. #9396a0
  9. #8d8f95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cad8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1cced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdc9ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5d0d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0cbec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bec9eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9cede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcaeb {
  color: #bfcaeb;
}
Background
.bg-bfcaeb {
  background-color: #bfcaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcaeb {
  border: 2px solid #bfcaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 202 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 52% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcaeb, #cabfeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 202 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.35 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.63 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.80 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.07 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.06 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.32 #403514 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcaeb  rgb(191, 202, 235)  hsl(225, 52%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebe0bf  rgb(235, 224, 191)  hsl(45, 52%, 84%)  Pearl
#ebbfca  rgb(235, 191, 202)  hsl(345, 52%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#caebbf  rgb(202, 235, 191)  hsl(105, 52%, 84%)  Tea Green