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#BBBDCD

#bbbdcd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbdcd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.12% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.78% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 233.33°, with 15.25% saturation and 76.86% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.23.

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Relative luminance0.5137

Complementary

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #cdcbbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #cdc2bb
  3. #c6cdbb

Analogous

  1. #bbc6cd
  2. #bbbdcd
  3. #c2bbcd

Triadic

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #cdbbbd
  3. #bdcdbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #cbbbcd
  3. #cdcbbb
  4. #bdcdbb

Square

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #cdbbc6
  3. #cdcbbb
  4. #bbcdc2

Monochromatic

  1. #65698a
  2. #8f92ad
  3. #bbbdcd
  4. #e7e8ed
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#bbbdcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #a8aab9
  3. #9697a4
  4. #838490
  5. #70717b
  6. #5e5f67
  7. #4b4c52
  8. #38393e
  9. #252629
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbdcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #c2c4d2
  3. #c9cad7
  4. #cfd1dc
  5. #d6d7e1
  6. #dddee6
  7. #e4e5eb
  8. #ebebf0
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbdcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbdcd
  2. #b5b7c5
  3. #afb1be
  4. #a9abb6
  5. #a3a5ae
  6. #9e9fa7
  7. #98989f
  8. #929297
  9. #8c8c8f
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdbdc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9bece ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bdcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7c0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #babecd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bdcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9bfc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbdcd {
  color: #bbbdcd;
}
Background
.bg-bbbdcd {
  background-color: #bbbdcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbdcd {
  border: 2px solid #bbbdcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbdcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 189 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 15% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbdcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbdcd, #c2bbcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbdcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 189 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.23 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.47 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.16 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.16 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.43 #444232 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bbbdcd  rgb(187, 189, 205)  hsl(233, 15%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdcbbb  rgb(205, 203, 187)  hsl(53, 15%, 77%)  Bone
#cdbbbd  rgb(205, 187, 189)  hsl(353, 15%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bdcdbb  rgb(189, 205, 187)  hsl(113, 15%, 77%)  Ash Gray