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#CBDDFF

#cbddff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbddff 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, 86.67% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.39% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219.23°, with 100% saturation and 89.8% 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 15.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.9.

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Relative luminance0.7163

Complementary

  1. #cbddff
  2. #ffedcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbddff
  2. #ffd3cb
  3. #f7ffcb

Analogous

  1. #cbf7ff
  2. #cbddff
  3. #d3cbff

Triadic

  1. #cbddff
  2. #ffcbdd
  3. #ddffcb

Tetradic

  1. #cbddff
  2. #edcbff
  3. #ffedcb
  4. #ddffcb

Square

  1. #cbddff
  2. #ffcbf7
  3. #ffedcb
  4. #cbffd3

Monochromatic

  1. #3279ff
  2. #7eabff
  3. #cbddff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#cbddff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbddff
  2. #b7c7e6
  3. #a2b1cc
  4. #8e9bb3
  5. #7a8599
  6. #666f80
  7. #515866
  8. #3d424d
  9. #292c33
  10. #14161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbddff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbddff
  2. #d0e0ff
  3. #d5e4ff
  4. #dbe7ff
  5. #e0ebff
  6. #e5eeff
  7. #eaf1ff
  8. #eff5ff
  9. #f5f8ff
  10. #fafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbddff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbddff
  2. #c4d4f2
  3. #bccae6
  4. #b5c1d9
  5. #adb8cc
  6. #a6afc0
  7. #9ea5b3
  8. #979ca6
  9. #8f9399
  10. #88898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5dceb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2dfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cddafe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bee4e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfdeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ccdbff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3e1f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbddff {
  color: #cbddff;
}
Background
.bg-cbddff {
  background-color: #cbddff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbddff {
  border: 2px solid #cbddff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbddff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 221 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbddff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbddff, #d3cbff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbddff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 221 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.90 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.56 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.61 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.01 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.19 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 11.34 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 12.03 #342200 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#cbddff  rgb(203, 221, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 90%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffedcb  rgb(255, 237, 203)  hsl(39, 100%, 90%)  Blanched Almond
#ffcbdd  rgb(255, 203, 221)  hsl(339, 100%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#ddffcb  rgb(221, 255, 203)  hsl(99, 100%, 90%)  Tea Green