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#B8BDCB

#b8bdcb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8bdcb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.36% cyan, 6.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 224.21°, with 15.45% saturation and 75.88% 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 11.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.13.

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Relative luminance0.509

Complementary

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #cbc6b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #cbbcb8
  3. #c6cbb8

Analogous

  1. #b8c6cb
  2. #b8bdcb
  3. #bcb8cb

Triadic

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #cbb8bd
  3. #bdcbb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #c6b8cb
  3. #cbc6b8
  4. #bdcbb8

Square

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #cbb8c6
  3. #cbc6b8
  4. #b8cbbc

Monochromatic

  1. #636c87
  2. #8c94ab
  3. #b8bdcb
  4. #e4e6eb
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#b8bdcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #a6aab7
  3. #9397a2
  4. #81848e
  5. #6e717a
  6. #5c5f66
  7. #4a4c51
  8. #37393d
  9. #252629
  10. #121314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8bdcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #bfc4d0
  3. #c6cad5
  4. #cdd1db
  5. #d4d7e0
  6. #dcdee5
  7. #e3e5ea
  8. #eaebef
  9. #f1f2f5
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8bdcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8bdcb
  2. #b2b7c4
  3. #adb1bc
  4. #a7abb5
  5. #a2a5ad
  6. #9c9fa6
  7. #96989e
  8. #919297
  9. #8b8c8f
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbbdc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9becc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bccb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9becb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bdcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6bfc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8bdcb {
  color: #b8bdcb;
}
Background
.bg-b8bdcb {
  background-color: #b8bdcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8bdcb {
  border: 2px solid #b8bdcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8bdcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 189 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 15% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8bdcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8bdcb, #bcb8cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8bdcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 189 203 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.13 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.66 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.48 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.58 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.61 #474234 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b8bdcb  rgb(184, 189, 203)  hsl(224, 15%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#cbc6b8  rgb(203, 198, 184)  hsl(44, 15%, 76%)  Bone
#cbb8bd  rgb(203, 184, 189)  hsl(344, 15%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#bdcbb8  rgb(189, 203, 184)  hsl(104, 15%, 76%)  Ash Gray