Information about #BBC4D6 color

#BBC4D6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBC4D6 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 196, 214) — 73.3% red, 76.9% green, 83.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 7 / 0 / 16. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BBC4D6 reads as a calm, restrained azure and appears airy and pastel-like. 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 Oxygen (#BBC6D5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Heartbreaker (#C1C2DA) and Spindle (#B3C4D8).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(187, 196, 214)), which gives #BBC4D6 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BBC4D6: 12.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BBC4D6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BBC4D6 color variations

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

#BBC4D6 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 #BBC4D6

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

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Jungle Mist color link
Jungle Mist

#B4CFD3

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBC4D6
  • RGB187, 196, 214
  • CMYK11, 7, 0, 16
  • CSSrgb(187, 196, 214)
  • HSL220°, 25%, 79%
  • HSL Precise220°, 24.771%, 78.627%
  • HSV220°, 13%, 84%
  • HSB220°, 13%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.839
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.769, 0.839)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.769, 0.839, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.769, 0.839)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB83.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBBC4D6
  • DECIMAL ID12305622
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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