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#bdcaea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdcaea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 79.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.23% cyan, 13.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 222.67°, with 51.72% saturation and 82.94% 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 12.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.59

Complementary

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #eaddbd

Split complementary

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #eac6bd
  3. #e0eabd

Analogous

  1. #bde0ea
  2. #bdcaea
  3. #c6bdea

Triadic

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #eabdca
  3. #caeabd

Tetradic

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #ddbdea
  3. #eaddbd
  4. #caeabd

Square

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #eabde0
  3. #eaddbd
  4. #bdeac6

Monochromatic

  1. #496dc5
  2. #839bd8
  3. #bdcaea
  4. #f0f3fa
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#bdcaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #aab6d3
  3. #97a2bb
  4. #848da4
  5. #71798c
  6. #5f6575
  7. #4c515e
  8. #393d46
  9. #26282f
  10. #131417
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdcaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #c4cfec
  3. #cad5ee
  4. #d1daf0
  5. #d7dff2
  6. #dee5f5
  7. #e5eaf7
  8. #ebeff9
  9. #f2f4fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdcaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdcaea
  2. #b7c3df
  3. #b1bbd5
  4. #abb4ca
  5. #a5acc0
  6. #9fa5b5
  7. #989eaa
  8. #9296a0
  9. #8c8f95
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5cad8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ccec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdc8e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2d0d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfcbeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdc9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7cedd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdcaea {
  color: #bdcaea;
}
Background
.bg-bdcaea {
  background-color: #bdcaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdcaea {
  border: 2px solid #bdcaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdcaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 202 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdcaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdcaea, #c6bdea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdcaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 202 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.36 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.62 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.24 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.11 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.47 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.75 #423515 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdcaea  rgb(189, 202, 234)  hsl(223, 52%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#eaddbd  rgb(234, 221, 189)  hsl(43, 52%, 83%)  Pearl
#eabdca  rgb(234, 189, 202)  hsl(343, 52%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#caeabd  rgb(202, 234, 189)  hsl(103, 52%, 83%)  Tea Green