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#B9BDC8

#b9bdc8 ≈ Silver

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9bdc8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 74.12% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.5% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 224°, with 12% saturation and 75.49% 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 Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.43.

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Relative luminance0.5088

Complementary

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c8c4b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c8bcb9
  3. #c4c8b9

Analogous

  1. #b9c4c8
  2. #b9bdc8
  3. #bcb9c8

Triadic

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c8b9bd
  3. #bdc8b9

Tetradic

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c4b9c8
  3. #c8c4b9
  4. #bdc8b9

Square

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c8b9c4
  3. #c8c4b9
  4. #b9c8bc

Monochromatic

  1. #666e82
  2. #8e95a6
  3. #b9bdc8
  4. #e4e5ea
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#b9bdc8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #a7aab4
  3. #9497a0
  4. #82848c
  5. #6f7178
  6. #5d5f64
  7. #4a4c50
  8. #38393c
  9. #252628
  10. #131314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9bdc8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #c0c4ce
  3. #c7cad3
  4. #ced1d9
  5. #d5d7de
  6. #dcdee4
  7. #e3e5e9
  8. #eaebef
  9. #f1f2f4
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9bdc8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9bdc8
  2. #b3b7c1
  3. #aeb1ba
  4. #a8abb2
  5. #a2a5ab
  6. #9d9fa4
  7. #97989d
  8. #919296
  9. #8b8c8e
  10. #868687
  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 #bbbdc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #babec9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9bcc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6bfc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #babdc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bdc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7bec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9bdc8 {
  color: #b9bdc8;
}
Background
.bg-b9bdc8 {
  background-color: #b9bdc8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9bdc8 {
  border: 2px solid #b9bdc8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9bdc8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 189 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 12% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9bdc8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9bdc8, #bcb9c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9bdc8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 189 200 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.99 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.67 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.67 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.69 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.57 #464237 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Silver
#b9bdc8  rgb(185, 189, 200)  hsl(224, 12%, 75%)  Silver
#c8c4b9  rgb(200, 196, 185)  hsl(44, 12%, 75%)  Silver
#c8b9bd  rgb(200, 185, 189)  hsl(344, 12%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#bdc8b9  rgb(189, 200, 185)  hsl(104, 12%, 75%)  Ash Gray