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#BFDDEA

#bfddea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfddea 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, 86.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.38% cyan, 5.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.14°, with 50.59% saturation and 83.33% 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 14.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.13.

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Relative luminance0.6873

Complementary

  1. #bfddea
  2. #eaccbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfddea
  2. #eabfc7
  3. #eae1bf

Analogous

  1. #bfeae1
  2. #bfddea
  3. #bfc7ea

Triadic

  1. #bfddea
  2. #eabfdd
  3. #ddeabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfddea
  2. #ccbfea
  3. #eaccbf
  4. #ddeabf

Square

  1. #bfddea
  2. #e1bfea
  3. #eaccbf
  4. #c7eabf

Monochromatic

  1. #4ca0c4
  2. #85bed7
  3. #bfddea
  4. #f0f7fa
  5. #f0f7fa

Shades

#bfddea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfddea
  2. #acc7d3
  3. #99b1bb
  4. #869ba4
  5. #73858c
  6. #606f75
  7. #4c585e
  8. #394246
  9. #262c2f
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfddea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfddea
  2. #c5e0ec
  3. #cce4ee
  4. #d2e7f0
  5. #d9ebf2
  6. #dfeef5
  7. #e5f1f7
  8. #ecf5f9
  9. #f2f8fb
  10. #f9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfddea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfddea
  2. #b9d4df
  3. #b2cad5
  4. #acc1ca
  5. #a6b8c0
  6. #a0afb5
  7. #99a5aa
  8. #939ca0
  9. #8d9395
  10. #86898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfdadf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6dbeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3e1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cddcea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9d9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8dfe5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfddea {
  color: #bfddea;
}
Background
.bg-bfddea {
  background-color: #bfddea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfddea {
  border: 2px solid #bfddea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfddea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 221 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 51% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfddea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfddea, #bfc7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfddea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 221 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.13 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.89 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.68 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.13 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.47 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.23 #402215 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#bfddea  rgb(191, 221, 234)  hsl(198, 51%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#eaccbf  rgb(234, 204, 191)  hsl(18, 51%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#eabfdd  rgb(234, 191, 221)  hsl(318, 51%, 83%)  Thistle
#ddeabf  rgb(221, 234, 191)  hsl(78, 51%, 83%)  Tea Green