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#BCBDD6

#bcbdd6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbdd6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 74.12% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.15% cyan, 11.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 237.69°, with 24.07% saturation and 78.82% 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 11.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.65.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5194

Complementary

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #d6d5bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #d6c8bc
  3. #cad6bc

Analogous

  1. #bccad6
  2. #bcbdd6
  3. #c8bcd6

Triadic

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #d6bcbd
  3. #bdd6bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #d5bcd6
  3. #d6d5bc
  4. #bdd6bc

Square

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #d6bcca
  3. #d6d5bc
  4. #bcd6c8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f619a
  2. #8d8eb9
  3. #bcbdd6
  4. #ebecf3
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#bcbdd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #a9aac1
  3. #9697ab
  4. #848496
  5. #717180
  6. #5e5f6b
  7. #4b4c56
  8. #383940
  9. #26262b
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbdd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #c3c4da
  3. #c9cade
  4. #d0d1e2
  5. #d7d7e6
  6. #dedeeb
  7. #e4e5ef
  8. #ebebf3
  9. #f2f2f7
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbdd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbdd6
  2. #b6b7cd
  3. #b0b1c5
  4. #aaabbc
  5. #a4a5b4
  6. #9e9fab
  7. #9898a2
  8. #92929a
  9. #8c8c91
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebec8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c0d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6bed5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7c1c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9bfd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bed6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9bfcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbdd6 {
  color: #bcbdd6;
}
Background
.bg-bcbdd6 {
  background-color: #bcbdd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbdd6 {
  border: 2px solid #bcbdd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbdd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 189 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 24% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbdd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbdd6, #c8bcd6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbdd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 189 214 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.65 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.05 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.40 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.72 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.85 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.85 #434229 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#bcbdd6  rgb(188, 189, 214)  hsl(238, 24%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d6d5bc  rgb(214, 213, 188)  hsl(58, 24%, 79%)  Pearl
#d6bcbd  rgb(214, 188, 189)  hsl(358, 24%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bdd6bc  rgb(189, 214, 188)  hsl(118, 24%, 79%)  Tea Green