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#BFCBE4

#bfcbe4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcbe4 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, 79.61% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.23% cyan, 10.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 220.54°, with 40.66% saturation and 82.16% 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 12.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.68.

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Relative luminance0.5939

Complementary

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #e4d8bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #e4c6bf
  3. #dee4bf

Analogous

  1. #bfdee4
  2. #bfcbe4
  3. #c6bfe4

Triadic

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #e4bfcb
  3. #cbe4bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #d8bfe4
  3. #e4d8bf
  4. #cbe4bf

Square

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #e4bfde
  3. #e4d8bf
  4. #bfe4c6

Monochromatic

  1. #5374b7
  2. #899fcd
  3. #bfcbe4
  4. #f1f3f9
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#bfcbe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #acb7cd
  3. #99a2b6
  4. #868ea0
  5. #737a89
  6. #606672
  7. #4c515b
  8. #393d44
  9. #26292e
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcbe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #c5d0e7
  3. #ccd5e9
  4. #d2dbec
  5. #d9e0ef
  6. #dfe5f2
  7. #e5eaf4
  8. #eceff7
  9. #f2f5fa
  10. #f9fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcbe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcbe4
  2. #b9c4da
  3. #b2bcd0
  4. #acb5c6
  5. #a6adbc
  6. #a0a6b2
  7. #999ea8
  8. #93979e
  9. #8d8f94
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cbd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cce5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0c9e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6d0d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cce5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #baceda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcbe4 {
  color: #bfcbe4;
}
Background
.bg-bfcbe4 {
  background-color: #bfcbe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcbe4 {
  border: 2px solid #bfcbe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcbe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 203 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 41% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcbe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcbe4, #c6bfe4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcbe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 203 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.68 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.61 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.26 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.40 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.06 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.88 #40341b Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcbe4  rgb(191, 203, 228)  hsl(221, 41%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#e4d8bf  rgb(228, 216, 191)  hsl(41, 41%, 82%)  Pearl
#e4bfcb  rgb(228, 191, 203)  hsl(341, 41%, 82%)  Baby Pink
#cbe4bf  rgb(203, 228, 191)  hsl(101, 41%, 82%)  Tea Green