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#BFCCE7

#bfcce7 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcce7 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, 80% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.32% cyan, 11.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 220.5°, with 45.45% saturation and 82.75% 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 13.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.6003

Complementary

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #e7dabf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #e7c6bf
  3. #e0e7bf

Analogous

  1. #bfe0e7
  2. #bfcce7
  3. #c6bfe7

Triadic

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #e7bfcc
  3. #cce7bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #dabfe7
  3. #e7dabf
  4. #cce7bf

Square

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #e7bfe0
  3. #e7dabf
  4. #bfe7c6

Monochromatic

  1. #5073bd
  2. #87a0d2
  3. #bfcce7
  4. #f0f3f9
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#bfcce7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #acb8d0
  3. #99a3b9
  4. #868fa2
  5. #737a8b
  6. #606674
  7. #4c525c
  8. #393d45
  9. #26292e
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcce7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #c5d1e9
  3. #ccd6ec
  4. #d2dbee
  5. #d9e0f1
  6. #dfe6f3
  7. #e5ebf5
  8. #ecf0f8
  9. #f2f5fa
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcce7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcce7
  2. #b9c4dd
  3. #b2bdd2
  4. #acb5c8
  5. #a6aebe
  6. #a0a6b4
  7. #999ea9
  8. #93979f
  9. #8d8f95
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7ccd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cde8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cae6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5d1d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cde8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cbe7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcce7 {
  color: #bfcce7;
}
Background
.bg-bfcce7 {
  background-color: #bfcce7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcce7 {
  border: 2px solid #bfcce7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcce7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 204 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 45% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcce7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcce7, #c6bfe7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcce7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 204 231 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.78 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.75 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.47 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.49 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.14 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.29 #403318 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcce7  rgb(191, 204, 231)  hsl(221, 45%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#e7dabf  rgb(231, 218, 191)  hsl(41, 45%, 83%)  Pearl
#e7bfcc  rgb(231, 191, 204)  hsl(341, 45%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cce7bf  rgb(204, 231, 191)  hsl(101, 45%, 83%)  Tea Green