Information about #B4BBCB color

#B4BBCB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B4BBCB falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(180, 187, 203) — 70.6% red, 73.3% green, 79.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 6 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B4BBCB reads as a softly toned sky-leaning azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Alaska (#B2B9CD). Slightly further away sit Serendipity (#B1B9D3) and Blue Haze (#BDBACE).

The recipe behind #B4BBCB is rgb(180, 187, 203), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B4BBCB: 10.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B4BBCB color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B4BBCB color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B4BBCB

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Icebreaker color link
Icebreaker

#A9B7C9

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B4BBCB
  • RGB180, 187, 203
  • CMYK9, 6, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(180, 187, 203)
  • HSL222°, 18%, 75%
  • HSL Precise221.739°, 18.11%, 75.098%
  • HSV222°, 11%, 80%
  • HSB222°, 11%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.733, 0.796)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.733, 0.796, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.733, 0.796)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB79.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB4BBCB
  • DECIMAL ID11844555
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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