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#bfddfa ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfddfa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 11.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 209.49°, with 85.51% saturation and 86.47% 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 14.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.6969

Complementary

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #fadcbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #fabfbf
  3. #faf9bf

Analogous

  1. #bffaf9
  2. #bfddfa
  3. #bfbffa

Triadic

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #fabfdd
  3. #ddfabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #dcbffa
  3. #fadcbf
  4. #ddfabf

Square

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #f9bffa
  3. #fadcbf
  4. #bffabf

Monochromatic

  1. #3192ef
  2. #78b7f4
  3. #bfddfa
  4. #ecf5fe
  5. #ecf5fe

Shades

#bfddfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #acc7e1
  3. #99b1c8
  4. #869baf
  5. #738596
  6. #606f7d
  7. #4c5864
  8. #39424b
  9. #262c32
  10. #131619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfddfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #c5e0fb
  3. #cce4fb
  4. #d2e7fc
  5. #d9ebfc
  6. #dfeefd
  7. #e5f1fd
  8. #ecf5fe
  9. #f2f8fe
  10. #f9fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfddfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfddfa
  2. #b9d4ee
  3. #b2cae2
  4. #acc1d5
  5. #a6b8c9
  6. #a0afbd
  7. #99a5b1
  8. #939ca5
  9. #8d9398
  10. #86898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfdbe7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ddfb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd7f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afe4e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbddfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6d9fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6e1ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfddfa {
  color: #bfddfa;
}
Background
.bg-bfddfa {
  background-color: #bfddfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfddfa {
  border: 2px solid #bfddfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfddfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 221 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfddfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfddfa, #bfbffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfddfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 221 250 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.17 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.72 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.36 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.29 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.93 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.32 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.33 #402205 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bfddfa  rgb(191, 221, 250)  hsl(209, 86%, 86%)  Pale Aqua
#fadcbf  rgb(250, 220, 191)  hsl(29, 86%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#fabfdd  rgb(250, 191, 221)  hsl(329, 86%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ddfabf  rgb(221, 250, 191)  hsl(89, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green