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#B8BDCA

#b8bdca ≈ Silver

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8bdca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 74.12% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.91% cyan, 6.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 223.33°, with 14.52% saturation and 75.69% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 6.27.

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Relative luminance0.5085

Complementary

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #cac5b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #cabcb8
  3. #c6cab8

Analogous

  1. #b8c6ca
  2. #b8bdca
  3. #bcb8ca

Triadic

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #cab8bd
  3. #bdcab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #c5b8ca
  3. #cac5b8
  4. #bdcab8

Square

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #cab8c6
  3. #cac5b8
  4. #b8cabc

Monochromatic

  1. #646d85
  2. #8c94a9
  3. #b8bdca
  4. #e4e6eb
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#b8bdca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #a6aab6
  3. #9397a2
  4. #81848d
  5. #6e7179
  6. #5c5f65
  7. #4a4c51
  8. #37393d
  9. #252628
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8bdca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #bfc4cf
  3. #c6cad5
  4. #cdd1da
  5. #d4d7df
  6. #dcdee5
  7. #e3e5ea
  8. #eaebef
  9. #f1f2f4
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8bdca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8bdca
  2. #b2b7c3
  3. #adb1bb
  4. #a7abb4
  5. #a2a5ac
  6. #9c9fa5
  7. #96989e
  8. #919296
  9. #8b8c8f
  10. #868687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbbdc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9becb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bcca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4bfc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9bdca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bdca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6bec5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8bdca {
  color: #b8bdca;
}
Background
.bg-b8bdca {
  background-color: #b8bdca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8bdca {
  border: 2px solid #b8bdca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8bdca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 189 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 15% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8bdca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8bdca, #bcb8ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8bdca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 189 202 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.28 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.29 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.29 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.30 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.30 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.51 #474235 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Silver
#b8bdca  rgb(184, 189, 202)  hsl(223, 15%, 76%)  Silver
#cac5b8  rgb(202, 197, 184)  hsl(43, 15%, 76%)  Bone
#cab8bd  rgb(202, 184, 189)  hsl(343, 15%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bdcab8  rgb(189, 202, 184)  hsl(103, 15%, 76%)  Ash Gray