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#BDC7DD

#bdc7dd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdc7dd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 78.04% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.48% cyan, 9.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 32% saturation and 80.39% 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 12.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.5689

Complementary

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #ddd3bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #ddc3bd
  3. #d7ddbd

Analogous

  1. #bdd7dd
  2. #bdc7dd
  3. #c3bddd

Triadic

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #ddbdc7
  3. #c7ddbd

Tetradic

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #d3bddd
  3. #ddd3bd
  4. #c7ddbd

Square

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #ddbdd7
  3. #ddd3bd
  4. #bdddc3

Monochromatic

  1. #5871a9
  2. #8b9cc3
  3. #bdc7dd
  4. #eff2f7
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#bdc7dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #aab3c7
  3. #979fb1
  4. #848b9b
  5. #717785
  6. #5f646f
  7. #4c5058
  8. #393c42
  9. #26282c
  10. #131416
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdc7dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #c4cde0
  3. #cad2e4
  4. #d1d8e7
  5. #d7ddeb
  6. #dee3ee
  7. #e5e9f1
  8. #ebeef5
  9. #f2f4f8
  10. #f8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdc7dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdc7dd
  2. #b7c0d4
  3. #b1b9ca
  4. #abb2c1
  5. #a5abb8
  6. #9fa4af
  7. #989ca5
  8. #92959c
  9. #8c8e93
  10. #868789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3c7d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1c8de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bec5dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6cbce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfc8de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdc6dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9cad4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdc7dd {
  color: #bdc7dd;
}
Background
.bg-bdc7dd {
  background-color: #bdc7dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdc7dd {
  border: 2px solid #bdc7dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdc7dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 199 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 32% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdc7dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdc7dd, #c3bddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdc7dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 199 221 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.86 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.05 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.79 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.41 #423822 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdc7dd  rgb(189, 199, 221)  hsl(221, 32%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ddd3bd  rgb(221, 211, 189)  hsl(41, 32%, 80%)  Bone
#ddbdc7  rgb(221, 189, 199)  hsl(341, 32%, 80%)  Thistle
#c7ddbd  rgb(199, 221, 189)  hsl(101, 32%, 80%)  Tea Green