Information about #BBC4ED color

#BBC4ED color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBC4ED falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 196, 237) — 73.3% red, 76.9% green, 92.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 16 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BBC4ED is a clearly saturated deep-sea blue that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Vodka (#BFC0EE). Slightly further away sit Pale Light Grayish Sapphire Blue (#B8C4E7) and Blue Angel (#B7CEEC).

The recipe behind #BBC4ED is rgb(187, 196, 237), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 12.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BBC4ED is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BBC4ED color variations

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

#BBC4ED 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 #BBC4ED

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBC4ED
  • RGB187, 196, 237
  • CMYK20, 16, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(187, 196, 237)
  • HSL229°, 58%, 83%
  • HSL Precise229.2°, 58.14%, 83.137%
  • HSV229°, 21%, 93%
  • HSB229°, 21%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.769, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.769, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.769, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBBC4ED
  • DECIMAL ID12305645
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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