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#BFCCE8

#bfcce8 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcce8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.67% cyan, 12.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 220.98°, with 47.13% saturation and 82.94% 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 13.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.92.

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Relative luminance0.6009

Complementary

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #e8dbbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #e8c6bf
  3. #e0e8bf

Analogous

  1. #bfe0e8
  2. #bfcce8
  3. #c6bfe8

Triadic

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #e8bfcc
  3. #cce8bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #dbbfe8
  3. #e8dbbf
  4. #cce8bf

Square

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #e8bfe0
  3. #e8dbbf
  4. #bfe8c6

Monochromatic

  1. #4e72c0
  2. #879fd4
  3. #bfcce8
  4. #f0f3fa
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#bfcce8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #acb8d1
  3. #99a3ba
  4. #868fa2
  5. #737a8b
  6. #606674
  7. #4c525d
  8. #393d46
  9. #26292e
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcce8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #c5d1ea
  3. #ccd6ed
  4. #d2dbef
  5. #d9e0f1
  6. #dfe6f4
  7. #e5ebf6
  8. #ecf0f8
  9. #f2f5fa
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcce8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcce8
  2. #b9c4de
  3. #b2bdd3
  4. #acb5c9
  5. #a6aebe
  6. #a0a6b4
  7. #999eaa
  8. #93979f
  9. #8d8f95
  10. #86888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7ccd8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cee9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5d1d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cde9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cbe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9cfdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcce8 {
  color: #bfcce8;
}
Background
.bg-bfcce8 {
  background-color: #bfcce8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcce8 {
  border: 2px solid #bfcce8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcce8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 204 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 47% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcce8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcce8, #c6bfe8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcce8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 204 232 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.92 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.44 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.36 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.51 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.40 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.61 #403317 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfcce8  rgb(191, 204, 232)  hsl(221, 47%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#e8dbbf  rgb(232, 219, 191)  hsl(41, 47%, 83%)  Pearl
#e8bfcc  rgb(232, 191, 204)  hsl(341, 47%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cce8bf  rgb(204, 232, 191)  hsl(101, 47%, 83%)  Tea Green