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#bfddff ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bfddff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 86.67% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.1% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 211.88°, with 100% saturation and 87.45% 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 15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.61.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7001

Complementary

  1. #bfddff
  2. #ffe1bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfddff
  2. #ffc1bf
  3. #fdffbf

Analogous

  1. #bffdff
  2. #bfddff
  3. #c1bfff

Triadic

  1. #bfddff
  2. #ffbfdd
  3. #ddffbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfddff
  2. #e1bfff
  3. #ffe1bf
  4. #ddffbf

Square

  1. #bfddff
  2. #ffbffd
  3. #ffe1bf
  4. #bfffc1

Monochromatic

  1. #268cff
  2. #72b4ff
  3. #bfddff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#bfddff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfddff
  2. #acc7e6
  3. #99b1cc
  4. #869bb3
  5. #738599
  6. #606f80
  7. #4c5866
  8. #39424d
  9. #262c33
  10. #13161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfddff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfddff
  2. #c5e0ff
  3. #cce4ff
  4. #d2e7ff
  5. #d9ebff
  6. #dfeeff
  7. #e5f1ff
  8. #ecf5ff
  9. #f2f8ff
  10. #f9fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfddff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfddff
  2. #b9d4f2
  3. #b2cae6
  4. #acc1d9
  5. #a6b8cc
  6. #a0afc0
  7. #99a5b3
  8. #939ca6
  9. #8d9399
  10. #86898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0dbea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1deff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d7fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ade5e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caddff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5d9ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5e2f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfddff {
  color: #bfddff;
}
Background
.bg-bfddff {
  background-color: #bfddff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfddff {
  border: 2px solid #bfddff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfddff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 221 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 100% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfddff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfddff, #c1bfff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfddff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 221 255 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.61 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.27 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.80 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.70 #402200 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#bfddff  rgb(191, 221, 255)  hsl(212, 100%, 87%)  Pale Aqua
#ffe1bf  rgb(255, 225, 191)  hsl(32, 100%, 87%)  Bisque
#ffbfdd  rgb(255, 191, 221)  hsl(332, 100%, 87%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#ddffbf  rgb(221, 255, 191)  hsl(92, 100%, 87%)  Tea Green