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#bdc8ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdc8ea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.23% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.33°, with 51.72% saturation and 82.94% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.5807

Complementary

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #eadfbd

Split complementary

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #eac8bd
  3. #deeabd

Analogous

  1. #bddeea
  2. #bdc8ea
  3. #c8bdea

Triadic

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #eabdc8
  3. #c8eabd

Tetradic

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #dfbdea
  3. #eadfbd
  4. #c8eabd

Square

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #eabdde
  3. #eadfbd
  4. #bdeac8

Monochromatic

  1. #4967c5
  2. #8398d8
  3. #bdc8ea
  4. #f0f2fa
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#bdc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #aab4d3
  3. #97a0bb
  4. #848ca4
  5. #71788c
  6. #5f6475
  7. #4c505e
  8. #393c46
  9. #26282f
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #c4ceec
  3. #cad3ee
  4. #d1d9f0
  5. #d7def2
  6. #dee4f5
  7. #e5e9f7
  8. #ebeff9
  9. #f2f4fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdc8ea
  2. #b7c1df
  3. #b1bad5
  4. #abb2ca
  5. #a5abc0
  6. #9fa4b5
  7. #989daa
  8. #9296a0
  9. #8c8e95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c8d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc7e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2ced3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #becaeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcc7e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7ccdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdc8ea {
  color: #bdc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bdc8ea {
  background-color: #bdc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bdc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdc8ea, #c8bdea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.39 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.13 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.40 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.19 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.63 #423715 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdc8ea  rgb(189, 200, 234)  hsl(225, 52%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eadfbd  rgb(234, 223, 189)  hsl(45, 52%, 83%)  Pearl
#eabdc8  rgb(234, 189, 200)  hsl(345, 52%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#c8eabd  rgb(200, 234, 189)  hsl(105, 52%, 83%)  Tea Green