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#bfd4fd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfd4fd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 83.14% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.51% cyan, 16.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 219.68°, with 93.94% saturation and 87.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.98.

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Relative luminance0.6526

Complementary

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #fde8bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #fdc9bf
  3. #f3fdbf

Analogous

  1. #bff3fd
  2. #bfd4fd
  3. #c9bffd

Triadic

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #fdbfd4
  3. #d4fdbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #e8bffd
  3. #fde8bf
  4. #d4fdbf

Square

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #fdbff3
  3. #fde8bf
  4. #bffdc9

Monochromatic

  1. #2b70f8
  2. #75a2fb
  3. #bfd4fd
  4. #ebf2fe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#bfd4fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #acbfe4
  3. #99aaca
  4. #8694b1
  5. #737f98
  6. #606a7f
  7. #4c5565
  8. #39404c
  9. #262a33
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfd4fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #c5d8fd
  3. #ccddfd
  4. #d2e1fe
  5. #d9e5fe
  6. #dfeafe
  7. #e5eefe
  8. #ecf2fe
  9. #f2f6ff
  10. #f9fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfd4fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfd4fd
  2. #b9ccf1
  3. #b2c3e4
  4. #acbbd8
  5. #a6b2cb
  6. #a0aabf
  7. #99a2b2
  8. #9399a6
  9. #8d9199
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd3e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1d1fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afdce1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4d5fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0d2fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6d9ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfd4fd {
  color: #bfd4fd;
}
Background
.bg-bfd4fd {
  background-color: #bfd4fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfd4fd {
  border: 2px solid #bfd4fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfd4fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 212 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 94% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfd4fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd4fd, #c9bffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfd4fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 212 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.34 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.92 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.29 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.00 #402b02 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bfd4fd  rgb(191, 212, 253)  hsl(220, 94%, 87%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde8bf  rgb(253, 232, 191)  hsl(40, 94%, 87%)  Wheat
#fdbfd4  rgb(253, 191, 212)  hsl(340, 94%, 87%)  Bubble Gum
#d4fdbf  rgb(212, 253, 191)  hsl(100, 94%, 87%)  Tea Green