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#BDCDEE

#bdcdee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdcdee 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, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.59% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 220.41°, with 59.04% saturation and 83.73% 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 13.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.6065

Complementary

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #eedebd

Split complementary

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #eec6bd
  3. #e6eebd

Analogous

  1. #bde6ee
  2. #bdcdee
  3. #c6bdee

Triadic

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #eebdcd
  3. #cdeebd

Tetradic

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #debdee
  3. #eedebd
  4. #cdeebd

Square

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #eebde6
  3. #eedebd
  4. #bdeec6

Monochromatic

  1. #4371cf
  2. #809fde
  3. #bdcdee
  4. #eff3fb
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#bdcdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #aab9d6
  3. #97a4be
  4. #8490a7
  5. #717b8f
  6. #5f6777
  7. #4c525f
  8. #393e47
  9. #262930
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdcdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #c4d2f0
  3. #cad7f1
  4. #d1dcf3
  5. #d7e1f5
  6. #dee6f7
  7. #e5ebf8
  8. #ebf0fa
  9. #f2f5fc
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdcdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdcdee
  2. #b7c5e3
  3. #b1bed8
  4. #abb6cd
  5. #a5aec2
  6. #9fa7b7
  7. #989fac
  8. #9297a1
  9. #8c8f96
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6cddb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3cff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becaed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1d3d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1ceef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #becbee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6d1e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdcdee {
  color: #bdcdee;
}
Background
.bg-bdcdee {
  background-color: #bdcdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdcdee {
  border: 2px solid #bdcdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdcdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 59% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdcdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdcdee, #c6bdee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdcdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.17 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.71 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.39 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.35 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.63 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.44 #423211 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdcdee  rgb(189, 205, 238)  hsl(220, 59%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#eedebd  rgb(238, 222, 189)  hsl(40, 59%, 84%)  Wheat
#eebdcd  rgb(238, 189, 205)  hsl(340, 59%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#cdeebd  rgb(205, 238, 189)  hsl(100, 59%, 84%)  Tea Green