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#cbdbfa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbdbfa is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 85.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.8% cyan, 12.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 219.57°, with 82.46% saturation and 88.82% 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 15.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.41.

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Relative luminance0.7026

Complementary

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #faeacb

Split complementary

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #fad2cb
  3. #f3facb

Analogous

  1. #cbf3fa
  2. #cbdbfa
  3. #d2cbfa

Triadic

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #facbdb
  3. #dbfacb

Tetradic

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #eacbfa
  3. #faeacb
  4. #dbfacb

Square

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #facbf3
  3. #faeacb
  4. #cbfad2

Monochromatic

  1. #3f7aed
  2. #85abf3
  3. #cbdbfa
  4. #ecf2fd
  5. #ecf2fd

Shades

#cbdbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #b7c5e1
  3. #a2afc8
  4. #8e99af
  5. #7a8396
  6. #666e7d
  7. #515864
  8. #3d424b
  9. #292c32
  10. #141619
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbdbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #d0dffb
  3. #d5e2fb
  4. #dbe6fc
  5. #e0e9fc
  6. #e5edfd
  7. #eaf1fd
  8. #eff4fe
  9. #f5f8fe
  10. #fafbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbdbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbdbfa
  2. #c4d2ee
  3. #bcc9e2
  4. #b5c0d5
  5. #adb7c9
  6. #a6aebd
  7. #9ea4b1
  8. #979ba5
  9. #8f9298
  10. #88898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4dbe8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ddfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdd8f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0e1e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfdcfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccd9fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4dfee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbdbfa {
  color: #cbdbfa;
}
Background
.bg-cbdbfa {
  background-color: #cbdbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbdbfa {
  border: 2px solid #cbdbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbdbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 219 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 82% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbdbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbdbfa, #d2cbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbdbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 219 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.41 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.17 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.36 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.61 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.96 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 10.91 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 11.43 #342405 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#cbdbfa  rgb(203, 219, 250)  hsl(220, 82%, 89%)  Light Steel Blue
#faeacb  rgb(250, 234, 203)  hsl(40, 82%, 89%)  Blanched Almond
#facbdb  rgb(250, 203, 219)  hsl(340, 82%, 89%)  Bubble Gum
#dbfacb  rgb(219, 250, 203)  hsl(100, 82%, 89%)  Tea Green